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act_n of_o divers_a man_n remember_v then_o thy_o youthful_a time_n and_o what_o thyself_o do_v then_o suspicionis_fw-la labes_fw-la the_o blemish_n of_o suspicion_n 17._o ne_o cure_v si_fw-la quis_fw-la tacito_fw-la sermone_fw-la loquatur_fw-la conscius_fw-la ipse_fw-la sibi_fw-la de_fw-la se_fw-la putat_fw-la omne_fw-la dici_fw-la take_v no_o regard_n what_o stander_n by_o in_o private_a whisper_a chat_n a_o guilty_a conscience_n still_o mistrust_v their selfe_o be_v aim_v at_o in_o prosperis_fw-la de_fw-la adversis_fw-la cogitandum_fw-la in_o prosperity_n we_o must_v think_v that_o adversity_n may_v come_v 18._o cum_fw-la fueris_fw-la felix_fw-la quae_fw-la sunt_fw-la adversa_fw-la caveo_fw-la non_fw-la eodem_fw-la cursu_fw-la respondent_fw-la ultima_fw-la primis_fw-la in_o time_n of_o wealth_n remember_v woe_n mutation_n be_v not_o strange_a all_o humane_a thing_n be_v order_v so_o to_o have_v their_o interchange_n mors_fw-la alterius_fw-la non_fw-la speranda_fw-la the_o death_n 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accuse_v not_o fate_n but_o blame_v thyself_o be_v wise_a afterward_o frugalitas_fw-la frugality_n or_o thriftiness_n 24._o ne_fw-fr tibi_fw-la quid_fw-la desit_fw-la quaesitis_fw-la vtere_fw-la parce_fw-la vique_fw-la quod_fw-la est_fw-la serve_v semper_fw-la tibi_fw-la deesse_fw-la putato_fw-la the_o better_a to_o supply_v thy_o want_n spare_v what_o thy_o hand_n have_v get_v and_o that_o thou_o may_v thy_o money_n save_v suppose_v thou_o have_v it_o not_o promissio_fw-la iterata_fw-la molesta_fw-la a_o promise_n iterate_v or_o oft_o make_v be_v grievous_a 25._o quod_fw-la praestare_fw-la potes_fw-la ne_fw-la bis_fw-la promiser_n be_v ulli_fw-la ne_fw-la sis_fw-la ventosus_fw-la dum_fw-la vis_fw-la urbanus_fw-la haberi_fw-la what_o in_o thy_o power_n rest_v to_o perform_v twice_o promise_v not_o for_o shame_n lest_o while_o thou_o will_v be_v civil_a thought_n thy_o lightness_n all_o man_n blame_v ars_fw-la arte_fw-la deludenda_fw-la cunning_n be_v to_o be_v deceive_v or_o meet_v with_o by_o cunning_n 26._o qui_fw-la simulat_fw-la verbis_fw-la nec_fw-la cord_n est_fw-la fidus_fw-la amicus_fw-la tu_fw-la quoque_fw-la fac_fw-la simile_n sic_fw-la ars_fw-la deluditur_fw-la arte_fw-la who_o speak_v thou_o fair_a and_o love_v thou_o not_o like_o measure_n let_v he_o find_v so_o be_v by_o art_n be_v meet_v withal_o and_o falsehood_n in_o her_o kind_n blandiloquentia_fw-la suspecta_fw-la fair_a speak_v be_v suspicious_a 27._o noli_fw-la homines_fw-la blandos_fw-la nimiùm_fw-la sermone_fw-la probare_fw-la fistula_n dulce_fw-la canit_fw-la volucrem_fw-la dum_fw-la decipit_fw-la aucepâ—_n approve_v not_o fawn_a flatterer_n who_o word_n be_v full_a of_o wile_n most_o sweet_o sound_v the_o fowler_n call_v while_o he_o the_o bird_n be_v guile_n liberi_fw-la artibus_fw-la instruendi_fw-la child_n be_v to_o be_v train_v up_o in_o trade_n 28._o si_fw-mi tibi_fw-la sint_fw-la nati_fw-la nec_fw-la opes_fw-la tunc_fw-la artibus_fw-la illos_fw-la instrue_v quo_fw-la possint_fw-la 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foul_a shame_n in_o he_o that_o vice_n reprove_v himself_o not_o to_o be_v free_a concedenda_fw-la petenda_fw-la thing_n meet_v to_o be_v grant_v be_v to_o be_v request_v 31._o quod_fw-la justum_fw-la est_fw-la petito_fw-la vel_fw-la quod_fw-la videatur_fw-la honestum_fw-la nam_fw-la stultum_fw-la petere_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la posset_n jure_fw-la negari_fw-la what_o be_v thy_o dew_n thou_o may_v require_v or_o what_o seem_v honest_a crave_v but_o folly_n be_v it_o to_o desire_v a_o thing_n thou_o ought_v not_o have_v nota_fw-la ignot_n be_v non_fw-la commutanda_fw-la know_a thing_n be_v not_o to_o be_v change_v for_o unknown_a thing_n 32._o ignotum_fw-la tibi_fw-la nolito_fw-la praeponere_fw-la notis_fw-la cognita_fw-la ju_fw-la licio_fw-la constant_a incognitacasu_fw-la thing_n know_v before_o thing_n never_o try_v prefer_v if_o thou_o be_v wise_a sith_o those_o by_o judgement_n be_v discern_v but_o these_o be_v mere_a surmise_n dies_fw-la cuique_fw-la supremus_fw-la 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conjungit_fw-la gratia_fw-la charos_fw-la great_a thing_n require_v grudge_v you_o not_o small_a charge_n to_o bestow_v for_o by_o this_o mean_n betwixt_o friend_n and_o friend_n do_v favour_n great_o grow_v pater_fw-la rixas_fw-la odit_fw-la friendship_n hate_v brawling_n 36._o litem_fw-la infer_v cave_n cum_fw-la quo_fw-la tibi_fw-la gratia_fw-la juncta_fw-la est_fw-la ira_fw-la odium_fw-la generate_fw-la concordia_fw-la nutrit_fw-la amorem_fw-la with_o who_o thou_o be_v in_o league_n of_o love_n to_o quarrel_n think_v profane_a brawl_v hatred_n breed_v and_o friendship_n break_v but_o peace_n do_v love_n maintain_v castigatio_fw-la sine_fw-la ira_fw-la correction_n ought_v to_o be_v without_o anger_n 37._o servorum_fw-la ob_fw-la culpam_fw-la cumte_fw-fr dolour_n urget_fw-la in_o iram_fw-la ipse_fw-la tibi_fw-la moderare_fw-la tuis_fw-la ut_fw-la parere_fw-la possis_fw-la when_o reckless_a servant_n move_v thy_o mind_n to_o wrath_n and_o ireful_a rage_n do_v nought_o in_o choler_n 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voluptas_fw-la with_o moderation_n see_v you_o drink_v if_o thou_o will_v live_v in_o health_n for_o ill_a disease_n pleasure_n bring_v oft_o time_n to_o man_n by_o stealth_n ne_o damn_v quod_fw-la probauâ—ris_fw-la thou_o may_v not_o condemn_v that_o which_o thou_o have_v approve_v or_o commend_v 25._o laudaris_n quodcunque_fw-la palam_fw-la quodcunque_fw-la probaris_fw-la hoc_fw-la vide_fw-la ne_fw-la rursus_fw-la levitatis_fw-la crimine_fw-la damn_v that_o which_o thou_o op'nly_a have_v allow_v and_o praise_v with_o might_n and_o main_a upon_o small_a cause_n through_o levity_n condemn_v thou_o not_o again_o circumspectus_fw-la in_o utraque_fw-la fortuna_fw-la be_v thou_o circumspect_a in_o either_o fortune_n or_o both_o estate_n look_v well_o about_o thou_o or_o be_v thou_o very_o considerate_a both_o in_o prosperity_n and_o adversity_n 26._o tranquillis_fw-la rebus_fw-la quae_fw-la sunt_fw-la adversa_fw-la caveo_fw-la rursus_fw-la in_o adversis_fw-la melâ—us_fw-la sperare_fw-la 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vulnera_fw-la dum_fw-la sanas_fw-la dolour_n est_fw-la medicina_fw-la doloris_fw-la when_o thou_o in_o any_o thing_n offend_v correct_v thyself_o be_v sure_a for_o whilst_o thou_o wound_v do_v heal_v grief_n be_v of_o grief_n to_o thou_o a_o cure_n amicus_fw-la mutatus_fw-la non_fw-la vituperandus_fw-la a_o friend_n be_v change_v be_v not_o to_o be_v dispraise_v 41._o damnaris_fw-la nunquam_fw-la post_fw-la longum_fw-la tempus_fw-la amicum_fw-la mutavit_fw-la mores_fw-la sed_fw-la pignora_fw-la prima_fw-la memento_fw-la who_o long_o have_v be_v thy_o friend_n condemn_v thou_o not_o as_o thou_o behoove_v he_o change_v have_v his_o manner_n but_o remember_v his_o first_o love_n beneficiorum_fw-la collatio_fw-la attendenda_fw-la the_o bestow_n of_o benefit_n be_v to_o be_v attend_v 42._o gratior_fw-la officiis_fw-la quo_fw-la sis_fw-la mage_fw-la charior_fw-la esto_fw-la ne_fw-la nomen_fw-la sube_fw-la as_o quod_fw-la ducitur_fw-la officiperda_fw-la by_o how_o much_o more_o thou_o dear_a 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teipsum_fw-la neque_fw-la laudat_fw-la neque_fw-la culpa_fw-la neither_o praise_v thou_o thyself_o nor_o dispraiâ—_n thyself_o 16._o nec_fw-la te_fw-la collaudas_fw-la nec_fw-la te_fw-la culpaveris_fw-la ipse_fw-la hac_fw-la faciunt_fw-la stulti_fw-la gloria_fw-la vexat_fw-la inanis_fw-la to_o praise_v or_o discommend_v thyself_o be_v thing_n alike_o unfit_a for_o so_o do_v fool_n who_o glory_n vain_a bereave_v of_o common_a wit_n parsimonica_n spare_v or_o thriftiness_n 17._o vtere_fw-la quaesitis_fw-la modice_fw-la dum_fw-la sumptus_fw-la abundat_fw-la labitur_fw-la exiguo_fw-la quod_fw-la partem_fw-la est_fw-la tempore_fw-la longo_fw-la in_o midst_n of_o plenty_n keep_v a_o mean_a spend_v not_o thy_o wealth_n
be_v if_o thou_o desire_v to_o have_v no_o more_o but_o for_o necessity_n res_fw-la ratione_fw-la agenda_fw-la matter_n be_v to_o be_v do_v by_o reason_n or_o thing_n be_v to_o be_v manage_v or_o perform_v by_o wisdom_n 3._o cum_fw-la sis_fw-la incautus_fw-la nec_fw-la rem_fw-la ratione_fw-la gnbernes_n noli_fw-la fortunam_fw-la quae_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la dicere_fw-la caecam_fw-la if_o ought_v misfall_v in_o thy_o affair_n by_o thy_o unwary_a mind_n blame_v in_o no_o wise_a that_o which_o be_v not_o in_o call_v fortune_n blind_a amor_fw-la pecuniae_fw-la ad_fw-la usum_fw-la the_o love_n of_o money_n ought_v to_o be_v only_a foâ—_n our_o use_n 4._o dilige_fw-la denarium_fw-la sed_fw-la parcè_fw-la dilige_fw-la formam_fw-la quam_fw-la nemo_fw-la sanctus_fw-la nec_fw-la honestus_fw-la optat_fw-la habere_fw-la love_n money_n thou_o but_o spare_o love_v not_o the_o form_n or_o sight_n the_o show_n whereof_o no_o honest_a man_n do_v greedy_o delight_n in_o valetudine_fw-la ne_fw-la opibus_fw-la parcas_fw-la thou_o may_v not_o spare_v thy_o riches_n in_o sickness_n 5._o cum_fw-la fueris_fw-la locuple_n corpus_fw-la curare_fw-la memento_fw-la aeger_fw-la dive_v habet_fw-la nummos_fw-la sed_fw-la non_fw-la habet_fw-la ipsum_fw-la for_o health_n recovery_n if_o rich_a see_v thou_o spare_v not_o thy_o pelf_n the_o rich_a man_n sick_a have_v money_n store_n yet_o want_v he_o himself_o castigatio_fw-la paterna_fw-la ferenda_fw-la fatherly_a correction_n be_v to_o be_v bear_v 6._o verbâ—ra_fw-la cum_fw-la tuleris_fw-la discens_fw-la aliquando_fw-la magistri_fw-la fer_fw-fr patris_fw-la imperium_fw-la cum_fw-la verbis_fw-la exit_fw-la in_o iram_fw-la since_o thou_o have_v bear_v thy_o master_n stripe_n when_o thou_o a_o scholar_n wart_n thy_o father_n counsel_n bear_v when_o he_o break_v out_o in_o speech_n tart_a certa_fw-la &_o utilia_fw-la agenda_fw-la thing_n sure_a and_o profitable_a be_v to_o be_v do_v 7._o res_fw-la age_n quae_fw-la prosunt_fw-la rursus_fw-la vitare_fw-la memento_fw-la in_o quibus_fw-la error_n inest_fw-la nec_fw-la spes_fw-la est_fw-la certa_fw-la laboris_fw-la those_o thing_n that_o profitable_a be_v see_v that_o thou_o do_v commence_v and_o error_n shun_v wherein_o there_o be_v no_o hope_n of_o recompense_n libenter_fw-la donandum_fw-la we_o must_v give_v willing_o 8._o quod_fw-la donare_fw-la potes_fw-la gratis_o concede_fw-la roganti_fw-la nam_fw-la rectè_fw-la fecisse_fw-la bonis_fw-la in_fw-la parte_fw-la lucrâ—rum_fw-la est_fw-la give_v free_o unto_o he_o that_o ask_v that_o which_o thou_o can_v well_o give_v for_o to_o do_v well_o unto_o good_a man_n be_v gainful_a while_o you_o live_v suspicio_fw-la statim_fw-la expedienda_fw-la suspicion_n or_o that_o which_o we_o suspect_v be_v to_o be_v seek_v out_o and_o prevent_v present_o or_o a_o mischief_n be_v to_o be_v search_v out_o straight_o way_n 9_o quod_fw-la tibi_fw-la suspectum_fw-la est_fw-la confestim_fw-la discute_fw-la quid_fw-la siâ—_n namque_fw-la 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be_v have_v then_o be_v a_o faithful_a friend_n sacrificium_fw-la spiritus_fw-la contribulatus_fw-la a_o contrite_a spirit_n or_o a_o heart_n trouble_v and_o sorrowful_a for_o sin_n be_v a_o sacrifice_n 14._o cum_fw-la sis_fw-la ipse_fw-la nocens_fw-la moritur_fw-la cur_n victima_fw-la pro_fw-la te_fw-la stultitâ—a_fw-la est_fw-la morte_fw-la alterius_fw-la sperare_fw-la salutem_fw-la sith_o thou_o offend_v why_o be_v a_o beast_n slay_v for_o thy_o offering_n it_o be_v vain_a to_o hope_v for_o health_n by_o death_n of_o beast_n or_o any_o thing_n amicus_fw-la ex_fw-la moribus_fw-la deligendus_fw-la a_o friend_n be_v to_o be_v choose_v by_o his_o manner_n and_o behaviour_n 15._o cum_fw-la tibi_fw-la vel_fw-la socium_fw-la vel_fw-la fidum_fw-la quaeris_fw-la amicum_fw-la non_fw-la tibi_fw-la fortuna_fw-la est_fw-la hominis_fw-la sed_fw-la vita_fw-la petenda_fw-la if_o a_o companion_n thou_o will_v have_v and_o a_o true_a faithful_a friend_n regard_v not_o what_o man_n fortune_n be_v but_o what_o his_o life_n pretend_v avariâ—ia_fw-la vitanda_fw-la covetousness_n be_v to_o be_v shun_v or_o avoid_v 16._o vtere_fw-la quafitis_fw-la opibus_fw-la fuge_fw-la nomen_fw-la avari_fw-la quid_fw-la tibi_fw-la divitiae_fw-la prosunt_fw-la si_fw-la pauper_fw-la abundaâ—_n despise_v the_o name_n of_o avarice_n use_v good_n which_o thou_o have_v get_v for_o what_o do_v wealth_n thou_o benefit_n if_o that_o you_o use_v it_o not_o voluptas_fw-la inimica_fw-la famâ—_n pleasure_n be_v a_o enemy_n to_o fame_n or_o to_o good_a name_n 17._o sâ—_n famam_fw-la seruare_fw-la cupis_fw-la dum_fw-la vivis_fw-la honestam_fw-la fac_n fugias_fw-la animo_fw-la quae_fw-la sunt_fw-la mala_fw-la gaudia_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la if_o thou_o desire_v during_o life_n to_o keep_v a_o honest_a name_n see_v in_o thy_o mind_n those_o pleasure_n shun_v which_o be_v of_o evil_a fame_n senem_fw-la etiam_fw-la delirum_fw-la ne_fw-la irriseris_fw-la thou_o shall_v not_o mock_v a_o old_a man_n although_o he_o dote_v 18._o cum_fw-la sapias_fw-la animo_fw-la noli_fw-la irridere_fw-la senectam_fw-la nam_fw-la quicunque_fw-la senex_fw-la seâ—sâ—â—_n puerilis_fw-la in_o illo_fw-la est_fw-la when_o thou_o be_v wise_a deride_v thou_o not_o old_a age_n as_o a_o vain_a thing_n for_o age_n in_o time_n the_o strong_a man_n do_v unto_o childhood_n bring_v open_v fluxae_fw-la ars_fw-la perpetua_fw-la riches_n be_v vanish_v art_n be_v perpetual_a 19_o disce_fw-la aliquid_fw-la nam_fw-la cum_fw-la subito_fw-la fortuna_fw-la recedit_fw-la ars_fw-la remanet_fw-la vitamque_fw-la hominis_fw-la non_fw-la dâ—serit_fw-la unquam_fw-la some_o trade_n or_o science_n learn_v lest_o that_o thy_o fortune_n do_v decay_v for_o art_n remain_v as_o long_o as_o life_n within_o man_n body_n stay_v moor_n ex_fw-la verbis_fw-la cogniti_fw-la manner_n be_v know_v by_o word_n or_o speech_n 20._o omnia_fw-la perspicito_fw-la tacitus_fw-la quae_fw-la cuique_fw-la loquatur_fw-la sermo_n hominum_fw-la mores_fw-la &_o celat_fw-la &_o 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learn_v and_o we_o must_v teach_v 23._o disee_fw-mi sed_fw-la à _fw-la doctis_fw-la indoctos_fw-la ipse_fw-la doceto_fw-la propaganda_fw-la etenim_fw-la rerum_fw-la doctrina_fw-la bonarum_fw-la learn_v thou_o but_o of_o the_o wise_a the_o simple_a teach_v that_o which_o thou_o will_v learned_a and_o red_a for_o why_o the_o knowledge_n of_o good_a thing_n abroad_o be_v to_o be_v spread_v bibendi_fw-la ratio_fw-la the_o moderation_n or_o measure_n of_o drink_v 24._o hoc_fw-la tibi_fw-la quod_fw-la prosit_fw-la si_fw-la tu_fw-la vis_fw-la vivere_fw-la sanus_fw-la morbi_fw-la causa_fw-la mali_fw-la est_fw-la homini_fw-la quandoque_fw-la
wicked_a man_n 46._o morte_fw-la repentina_fw-la noli_fw-la gandere_fw-la malorum_fw-la foelices_fw-la obeunt_fw-la quorum_fw-la sine_fw-la crimine_fw-la vita_fw-la est_fw-la rejoice_v not_o at_o the_o sudden_a death_n of_o lewd_a and_o wicked_a man_n they_o be_v count_v happy_a in_o their_o death_n who_o life_n faultless_a have_v be_v pauper_fw-la simulatum_fw-la vitet_fw-la amicum_fw-la a_o poor_a man_n let_v he_o shun_v a_o dissemble_a friend_n or_o let_v a_o poor_a man_n beware_v of_o a_o counterfeit_a friend_n 47._o cum_fw-la conjux_fw-la tibi_fw-la sit_fw-la nec_fw-la res_fw-la &_o fama_fw-la laboret_fw-la vitandum_fw-la ducas_fw-la inimicum_fw-la nomen_fw-la amici_fw-la when_o thou_o have_v a_o wife_n of_o substance_n small_a who_o fame_n herself_o convince_v beware_v of_o those_o that_o haunt_v thy_o house_n under_o friendship_n pretence_n junge_n studium_fw-la join_v study_n to_o study_v or_o study_v still_o 48._o cum_fw-la tibi_fw-la contingat_fw-la study_v cognoscere_fw-la multa_fw-la fac_n discat_fw-la multa_fw-la &_o vites_fw-la nescire_fw-la docer_n when_o it_o do_v chance_n with_o learning_n much_o by_o study_n thou_o be_v fraught_v see_v thou_o eschew_v blind_a ignorance_n unwilling_a to_o be_v teach_v brevitas_fw-la memoriae_fw-la amica_fw-la brevity_n or_o shortness_n be_v a_o friend_n or_o a_o help_n to_o memory_n 49._o miraris_fw-la verbis_fw-la nudis_fw-la i_o scribere_fw-la versus_fw-la hos_fw-la brevitas_fw-la sensus_fw-la fecit_fw-la conjungere_fw-la binos_fw-la that_o i_o mean_o to_o verse_n write_v do_v wonder_v thus_o i_o do_v the_o shortness_n of_o the_o sense_n have_v make_v i_o join_v they_o two_o and_o two_o the_o live_a speech_n of_o cato_n a_o die_v man_n c_o here_o up_o my_o pant_a feeble_a heart_n fear_v not_o to_o die_v a_o will_v must_v die_v once_o some_o twice_o such_o be_v man_n destiny_n t_o i_o be_o finish_v that_o which_o god_n allot_v welcome_o sweet_a death_n o_o lord_n to_o thou_o i_o yield_v my_o soul_n who_o give_v 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