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  • What Is Quickly Gained, Is Quickly Lost

    quod cito acquiritur cito perit
    What is quickly gained, is quickly lost.

    If You Want To Be Loved, Love

    si vis amari ama
    If you want to be loved, love (Seneca the Elder)

    I Do Not Buy Mere Hope

    spem pretio non emo
    I do not buy mere hope (Terence)

    Sighs from the Depths

    suspiria de profundis
    Sighs from the depths

    What I Have Written, I Have Written

    quod scripsi, scripsi
    What I have written, I have written.

    The Way To Hell Is Easy

    facilis descensus Averno (Virgil)
    The way to hell is easy.

    Not All Of Me Will Die

    non omnis moriar
    Not all of me will die.
    (Quintus Horatius Flaccus, a.k.a. Horace, ancient Roman poet)

    The Road From The Earth To The Stars Is Not Easy

    non est ad astra mollis e terris via
    The road from earth to the stars is not easy.
    (Lucius Annaeus Seneca, a.k.a., Seneca the Younger).

    Moderation In Everything

    modus omnibus in rebus (Plautus)
    Moderation in everything.

    The Journey Is Long by Teaching, but Effective by Examples

    longum iter est per praecepta, breve et efficax per exempla
    The journey by teaching is long, by examples - brief and effective. (Seneca the Younger)