Praise me not too much,
N...

Praise me not too much,
Nor blame me, for thou speakest to the Greeks
Who know me.

Thou wilt lament
Hereafte...

Thou wilt lament
Hereafter, when the evil shall be done
And shall admit no cure.

Reproach is infinite, and know...

Reproach is infinite, and knows no end.

One rogue leads another....

One rogue leads another.

It is a wise child that knows ...

It is a wise child that knows his own father.
[Lat., Nondum enim quisquam suum parentem ipse cognosvit.]

My hour at last has come;

My hour at last has come;
Yet not ingloriously or passively
I die, but first will do some valiant deed,
Of which mankind shall hear in after time.

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Look now how mortals are blami...

Look now how mortals are blaming the gods, for they say that evils come from us, but in fact they themselves have woes beyond their share because of their own follies.

Short is my date, but deathles...

Short is my date, but deathless my renown.

The rest were vulgar deaths un...

The rest were vulgar deaths unknown to fame.

The life, which others pay, le...

The life, which others pay, let us bestow,
And give to fame what we to nature owe.

But sure the eye of time behol...

But sure the eye of time beholds no name,
So blest as thine in all the rolls of fame.

Toil is the lot of all, and bi...

Toil is the lot of all, and bitter woe
The fate of many.

Jove lifts the golden balances...

Jove lifts the golden balances that show
The fates of mortal men, and things below.

And not a man appears to tell ...

And not a man appears to tell their fate.

A generous friendship no cold ...

A generous friendship no cold medium knows,
Burns with one love, with one resentment glows;
One should our interests and our passions be,
My friend must hate the man that injures me.

And bear unmov'd the wrongs of...

And bear unmov'd the wrongs of base mankind,
The last, and hardest, conquest of the mind.

Noblest minds are easiest bent...

Noblest minds are easiest bent.

The rule
Of the many is n...

The rule
Of the many is not well. One must be chief
In war and one the king.

If not yet lost to all the sen...

If not yet lost to all the sense of shame.

Shame greatly hurts or greatly...

Shame greatly hurts or greatly helps mankind.