1.
Take time for deliberation. Haste spoils everything.
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2.
Allow time and moderate delay; haste manages all things badly.
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3.
Fear in the world first created the gods.
[Lat., Primus in orbe deos fecit timor.]
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4.
A just fortune awaits the deserving.
[Lat., Fors aequa merentes
Respicit.]
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5.
Give not reins to your inflamed passions: take time and a little delay; impetuosity manages all things badly.
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6.
It is noble to grant life to the vanquished.
[Lat., Pulchrum est vitam donare minori.]
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7.
Oh, how cowardly is wickedness always!
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8.
In doubt, fear is the worst of prophets.
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9.
It is an honourable thing to be merciful to the vanquished.
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10.
They send their shout to the stars.
[Lat., Clamorem ad sidera mittunt.]
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11.
Virtue may be cheerful without forgetting its dignity.
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12.
Heaven forbids that man should know
What change tomorrow's fate may bring.
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13.
Fear first made gods in the world.
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14.
A short reign does not spare the masses.
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15.
What the morrow's years might bring 'twas sin for man to know.
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16.
Give time and permit a short delay, impetuosity ruins everything.
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17.
Left behind as a memory for us.
[Lat., Nobis meminisse relictum.]
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18.
Whoever truly worships the gods loves their priests.
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19.
Anguish devours the mind, and furious rage, and hope
than which the heart can bear no heavier burden, when
it is long deferred.
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