Not to be lost in idle admiration is the only sure means of making and preserving happiness.
HORACEThe arrow will not always find the mark intended.
More Horace Quotes
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The envious pine at others’ success; no greater punishment than envy was devised by Sicilian tyrants.
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Fate with impartial hand turns out the doom of high and low; her capacious urn is constantly shaking the names of all mankind.
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He makes himself ridiculous who is for ever repeating the same mistake.
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Remember to preserve a calm soul amid difficulties.
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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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In neglected fields the fern grows, which must be cleared out by fire.
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A man perfect to the finger tips.
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Punishment follows close on crime.
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What it is forbidden to be put right becomes lighter by acceptance.
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Not gods, nor men, nor even booksellers have put up with poets’ being second-rate.
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Force without judgement falls on its own weight.
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Let him who has once perceived how much that, which has been discarded, excels that which he has longed for, return at once, and seek again that which he despised.
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Take as a gift whatever the day brings forth.
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The short span of life forbids us to spin out hope to any length. Soon will night be upon you, and the fabled Shades, and the shadowy Plutonian home.
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He who has begun has half done. Dare to be wise -begin!
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One cannot know everything.
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Money is to be sought for first of all; virtue after wealth. [Lat., Quaerenda pecunia primum est; virtus post nummos.]
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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.
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Flames too soon acquire strength if disregarded.
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Nor has he spent his life badly who has passed it in privacy.
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To please great men is not the last degree of praise.
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The arrow will not always find the mark intended.
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Gold will be slave or master.
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Get money; by just means. if you can; if not, still get money.
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Of writing well the source and fountainhead is wise thinking.
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Superfluous words simply spill out when the mind is already full.
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