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Horace quotes: Despise pleasure; pleasure bought by pain in injurious. Despise pleasure; pleasure bought by pain in injurious.
Horace quotes: Often a purple patch or two is tacked on to a serious work of high promise, to give an effect of colour. Often a purple patch or two is tacked on to a serious work of high promise, to give an effect of colour.
Horace quotes: For a man learns more quickly and remembers more easily that which he laughs at, than that which he approves and reveres. For a man learns more quickly and remembers more easily that which he laughs at, than that which he approves and reveres.
Horace quotes: If you study the history and records of the world you must admit that the source of justice was the fear of injustice. If you study the history and records of the world you must admit that the source of justice was the fear of injustice.
Horace quotes: The man who thinks with Horace thinks divine. The man who thinks with Horace thinks divine.
Horace quotes: God can change the lowest to the highest, abase the proud, and raise the humble. God can change the lowest to the highest, abase the proud, and raise the humble.
Horace quotes: Knowledge without education is but armed injustice. Knowledge without education is but armed injustice.
Horace quotes: Let me posses what I now have, or even less, so that I may enjoy my remaining days, if Heaven grant any to remain. Let me posses what I now have, or even less, so that I may enjoy my remaining days, if Heaven grant any to remain.
Horace quotes: Surely oak and threefold brass surrounded his heart who first trusted a frail vessel to the merciless ocean. Surely oak and threefold brass surrounded his heart who first trusted a frail vessel to the merciless ocean.
Horace quotes: Your property is in danger when your neighbour's house is on fire. Your property is in danger when your neighbour's house is on fire.
Horace quotes: Though your threshing floor grind a hundred thousand bushels of corn, not for that reason will your stomach hold more than mine. Though your threshing floor grind a hundred thousand bushels of corn, not for that reason will your stomach hold more than mine.
Horace quotes: The ox longs for the gaudy trappings of the horse; the lazy pack-horse would fain plough. [We envy the position of others, dissatisfied with our own.] The ox longs for the gaudy trappings of the horse; the lazy pack-horse would fain plough. [We envy the position of others, dissatisfied with our own.]
Horace quotes: Death is the last limit of all things. Death is the last limit of all things.
Horace quotes: It is not enough for poems to be beautiful; they must be affecting, and must lead the heart of the hearer as they will. It is not enough for poems to be beautiful; they must be affecting, and must lead the heart of the hearer as they will.
Horace quotes: Drive Nature out with a pitchfork, yet she hurries back, And will burst through your foolish contempt, triumphant. Drive Nature out with a pitchfork, yet she hurries back, And will burst through your foolish contempt, triumphant.
Horace quotes: He tosses aside his paint-pots and his words a foot and a half long. He tosses aside his paint-pots and his words a foot and a half long.
Horace quotes: Blind self-love, vanity, lifting aloft her empty head, and indiscretion, prodigal of secrets more transparent than glass, follow close behind. Blind self-love, vanity, lifting aloft her empty head, and indiscretion, prodigal of secrets more transparent than glass, follow close behind.
Horace quotes: Let your mind, happily contented with the present, care not what the morrow will bring with it. Let your mind, happily contented with the present, care not what the morrow will bring with it.
Horace quotes: This is a fault common to all singers, that among their friends they will never sing when they are asked; unasked, they will never desist. This is a fault common to all singers, that among their friends they will never sing when they are asked; unasked, they will never desist.
Horace quotes: Anger is short-lived madness. Anger is short-lived madness.
Horace quotes: Anger is momentary madness. Anger is momentary madness.
Horace quotes: Summer treads on heels of spring. Summer treads on heels of spring.
Horace quotes: You traverse the world in search of happiness, which is within the reach of every man. A contented mind confers it on all. You traverse the world in search of happiness, which is within the reach of every man. A contented mind confers it on all.
Horace quotes: The secret of all good writing is sound judgment. The secret of all good writing is sound judgment.
Horace quotes: The work you are treating is one full of dangerous hazard, and you are treading over fires lurking beneath treacherous ashes. The work you are treating is one full of dangerous hazard, and you are treading over fires lurking beneath treacherous ashes.
Horace quotes: In trying to be concise I become obscure. In trying to be concise I become obscure.
Horace quotes: No, but you're wrong now, and always will be. No, but you're wrong now, and always will be.
Horace quotes: Those that are little, little things suit. Those that are little, little things suit.
Horace quotes: Time will bring to light whatever is hidden; it will cover up and conceal what is now shining in splendor. Time will bring to light whatever is hidden; it will cover up and conceal what is now shining in splendor.
Horace quotes: Do not try to find out - we're forbidden to know - what end the gods have in store for me, or for you. Do not try to find out - we're forbidden to know - what end the gods have in store for me, or for you.
Horace quotes: Once a word has been allowed to escape, it cannot be recalled. Once a word has been allowed to escape, it cannot be recalled.
Horace quotes: What may not be altered is made lighter by patience. What may not be altered is made lighter by patience.
Horace quotes: Nor has he lived in vain, who from his cradle to his grave has passed his life in seclusion. Nor has he lived in vain, who from his cradle to his grave has passed his life in seclusion.
Horace quotes: You may thresh a hundred thousand bushels of grain, / But more than mine your belly will not contain. You may thresh a hundred thousand bushels of grain, / But more than mine your belly will not contain.
Horace quotes: When a man is pleased with the lot of others, he is dissatisfied with his own, as a matter of course. When a man is pleased with the lot of others, he is dissatisfied with his own, as a matter of course.
Horace quotes: We hate virtue when it is safe; when removed from our sight we diligently seek it. We hate virtue when it is safe; when removed from our sight we diligently seek it.
Horace quotes: Who knows if the gods above will add tomorrow's span to this day's sum? Who knows if the gods above will add tomorrow's span to this day's sum?
Horace quotes: Limbs of a dismembered poet. Limbs of a dismembered poet.
Horace quotes: Fire, if neglected, will soon gain strength. Fire, if neglected, will soon gain strength.
Horace quotes: Nor has he spent his life badly who has passed it in privacy. Nor has he spent his life badly who has passed it in privacy.
Horace quotes: Let this be your wall of brass, to have nothing on your conscience, no guilt to make you turn pale. Let this be your wall of brass, to have nothing on your conscience, no guilt to make you turn pale.
Horace quotes: You will have written exceptionally well if, by skilful arrangement of your words, you have made an ordinary one seem original. You will have written exceptionally well if, by skilful arrangement of your words, you have made an ordinary one seem original.
Horace quotes: Little folks become their little fate. Little folks become their little fate.
Horace quotes: Heir follows heir, as wave succeeds to wave. Heir follows heir, as wave succeeds to wave.
Horace quotes: We are more speedily and fatally corrupted by domestic examples of vice, and particularly when they are impressed on our minds as from authority. We are more speedily and fatally corrupted by domestic examples of vice, and particularly when they are impressed on our minds as from authority.
Horace quotes: You must avoid sloth, that wicked siren. You must avoid sloth, that wicked siren.
Horace quotes: Usually the modest person passes for someone reserved, the silent for a sullen person. Usually the modest person passes for someone reserved, the silent for a sullen person.
Horace quotes: Most virtue lies between two vices. Most virtue lies between two vices.
Horace quotes: Gladly accept the gifts of the present hour. Gladly accept the gifts of the present hour.
Horace quotes: A bad reader soon puts to flight both wise men and fools. A bad reader soon puts to flight both wise men and fools.
Horace quotes: Take heed lest you stumble. Take heed lest you stumble.
Horace quotes: Cease to admire the smoke, wealth, and noise of prosperous Rome. Cease to admire the smoke, wealth, and noise of prosperous Rome.
Horace quotes: Avoid inquisitive persons, for they are sure to be gossips, their ears are open to hear, but they will not keep what is entrusted to them. Avoid inquisitive persons, for they are sure to be gossips, their ears are open to hear, but they will not keep what is entrusted to them.
Horace quotes: Sometimes even excellent Homer nods. Sometimes even excellent Homer nods.
Horace quotes: On day is pressed on by another. On day is pressed on by another.
Horace quotes: He who postpones the hour of living rightly is like the rustic who waits for the river to run out before he crosses. He who postpones the hour of living rightly is like the rustic who waits for the river to run out before he crosses.
Horace quotes: Not to create confusion in what is clear, but to throw light on what is obscure. Not to create confusion in what is clear, but to throw light on what is obscure.
Horace quotes: Hired mourners at a funeral say and do - A little more than they whose grief is true Hired mourners at a funeral say and do - A little more than they whose grief is true
Horace quotes: What with your friend you nobly share, At least you rescue from your heir. What with your friend you nobly share, At least you rescue from your heir.
Horace quotes: The wolf attacks with his fang, the bull with his horn. The wolf attacks with his fang, the bull with his horn.
Horace quotes: Whom does undeserved honour please, and undeserved blame alarm, but the base and the liar? Whom does undeserved honour please, and undeserved blame alarm, but the base and the liar?
Horace quotes: I strive to be brief, and become obscure. I strive to be brief, and become obscure.
Horace quotes: For everything divine and human, virtue, fame, and honor, now obey the alluring influence of riches. For everything divine and human, virtue, fame, and honor, now obey the alluring influence of riches.
Horace quotes: Let your character be kept up the very end, just as it began, and so be consistent. Let your character be kept up the very end, just as it began, and so be consistent.
Horace quotes: In labouring to be brief, I become obscure. In labouring to be brief, I become obscure.
Horace quotes: A word once let out of the cage cannot be whistled back again. A word once let out of the cage cannot be whistled back again.
Horace quotes: Not to hope for things to last forever, is what the year teaches and even the hour which snatches a nice day away. Not to hope for things to last forever, is what the year teaches and even the hour which snatches a nice day away.
Horace quotes: Whatever hour God has blessed you with, take it with a grateful hand. Whatever hour God has blessed you with, take it with a grateful hand.
Horace quotes: A pauper in the midst of wealth. A pauper in the midst of wealth.
Horace quotes: With you I should love to live, with you be ready to die. With you I should love to live, with you be ready to die.
Horace quotes: Wise were the kings who never chose a friend till with full cups they had unmasked his soul, and seen the bottom of his deepest thoughts. Wise were the kings who never chose a friend till with full cups they had unmasked his soul, and seen the bottom of his deepest thoughts.
Horace quotes: Ah Fortune, what god is more cruel to us than thou! How thou delightest ever to make sport of human life! Ah Fortune, what god is more cruel to us than thou! How thou delightest ever to make sport of human life!
Horace quotes: Much is wanting to those who seek or covet much. Much is wanting to those who seek or covet much.
Horace quotes: If virtue holds the secret, don't defer; Be off with pleasure, and be on with her. If virtue holds the secret, don't defer; Be off with pleasure, and be on with her.
Horace quotes: A noble pair of brothers.[Lat., Par nobile fratum.] A noble pair of brothers.
[Lat., Par nobile fratum.]
Horace quotes: The explanation avails nothing, which in leading us from one difficulty involves us in another. The explanation avails nothing, which in leading us from one difficulty involves us in another.
Horace quotes: The one who cannot restrain their anger will wish undone, what their temper and irritation prompted them to do. The one who cannot restrain their anger will wish undone, what their temper and irritation prompted them to do.
Horace quotes: Be prepared to go mad with fixed rule and method. Be prepared to go mad with fixed rule and method.
Horace quotes: I hate the irreverent rabble and keep them far from me. I hate the irreverent rabble and keep them far from me.
Horace quotes: Mighty to inspire new hopes, and able to drown the bitterness of cares. Mighty to inspire new hopes, and able to drown the bitterness of cares.
Horace quotes: There are words and accents by which this grief can be assuaged, and the disease in a great measure removed. There are words and accents by which this grief can be assuaged, and the disease in a great measure removed.
Horace quotes: Whom has not the inspiring bowl made eloquent?[Lat., Foecundi calices quem non fecere disertum.] Whom has not the inspiring bowl made eloquent?
[Lat., Foecundi calices quem non fecere disertum.]
Horace quotes: Seize the day, and put the least possible trust in tomorrow. Seize the day, and put the least possible trust in tomorrow.
Horace quotes: Though you strut proud of your money, yet fortune has not changed your birth.[Lat., Licet superbus ambules pecuniae,Fortuna non mutat genus.] Though you strut proud of your money, yet fortune has not changed your birth.
[Lat., Licet superbus ambules pecuniae,
Fortuna non mutat genus.]
Horace quotes: What exile from his country is able to escape from himself? What exile from his country is able to escape from himself?
Horace quotes: God has joined the innocent with the guilty. God has joined the innocent with the guilty.
Horace quotes: Sovereign money procures a wife with a large fortune, gets a man credit, creates friends, stands in place of pedigree, and even of beauty. Sovereign money procures a wife with a large fortune, gets a man credit, creates friends, stands in place of pedigree, and even of beauty.
Horace quotes: If it is well with your belly, chest and feet - the wealth of kings can't give you more. If it is well with your belly, chest and feet - the wealth of kings can't give you more.
Horace quotes: Either stick to tradition or see that your inventions be consistent. Either stick to tradition or see that your inventions be consistent.
Horace quotes: The body, enervated by the excesses of the preceding day, weighs down and prostates the mind also. The body, enervated by the excesses of the preceding day, weighs down and prostates the mind also.
Horace quotes: Never without a shilling in my purse. Never without a shilling in my purse.
Horace quotes: Man learns more readily and remembers more willingly what excites his ridicule than what deserves esteem and respect. Man learns more readily and remembers more willingly what excites his ridicule than what deserves esteem and respect.
Horace quotes: Better one thorn pluck'd out than all remain. Better one thorn pluck'd out than all remain.
Horace quotes: Pleasure bought with pain does harm. Pleasure bought with pain does harm.
Horace quotes: Being, be bold and venture to be wise. Being, be bold and venture to be wise.
Horace quotes: Even in animals there exists the spirit of their sires. Even in animals there exists the spirit of their sires.
Horace quotes: The question is yet before the court. The question is yet before the court.
Horace quotes: To marvel at nothing is just about the one and only thing, Numicius, that can make a man happy and keep him that way. To marvel at nothing is just about the one and only thing, Numicius, that can make a man happy and keep him that way.
Horace quotes: He who preserves a man's life against his will does the same thing as if he slew him. He who preserves a man's life against his will does the same thing as if he slew him.
Horace quotes: In a moment comes either death or joyful victory.[Lat., HoraeMomento cita mors venit aut victoria laeta.] In a moment comes either death or joyful victory.
[Lat., Horae
Momento cita mors venit aut victoria laeta.]

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