It is but a poor establishment where there are not many superfluous things which the owner knows not of, and which go to the thieves.
HORACEJoys do not fall to the rich alone; nor has he lived ill of whose birth and death no one took note.
More Horace Quotes
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Do not try to find out – we’re forbidden to know – what end the gods have in store for me, or for you.
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What do sad complaints avail if the offense is not cut down by punishment.
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In a moment comes either death or joyful victory. [Lat., Horae Momento cita mors venit aut victoria laeta.]
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Glory drags all men along, low as well as high, bound captive at the wheels of her glittering car.
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Life gives nothing to man without labor.
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A word, once sent abroad, flies irrevocably.
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Seest thou how pale the sated guest rises from supper, where the appetite is puzzled with varieties? The body, too, burdened with I yesterday’s excess, weighs down the soul, and fixes to the earth this particle of the divine essence.
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Sapere aude. Dare to be wise.
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Scribblers are a self-conceited and self-worshipping race.
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A good scare is worth more than good advice.
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Not to be lost in idle admiration is the only sure means of making and preserving happiness.
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The gods have given you wealth and the means of enjoying it.
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Sad people dislike the happy, and the happy the sad; the quick thinking the sedate, and the careless the busy and industrious.
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Superfluous words simply spill out when the mind is already full.
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Seize the day, put no trust in the morrow!
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