Joys do not fall to the rich alone; nor has he lived ill of whose birth and death no one took note.
HORACEDon’t waste the opportunity.
More Horace Quotes
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What we learn only through the ears makes less impression upon our minds than what is presented to the trustworthy eye.
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Let the character as it began be preserved to the last; and let it be consistent with itself.
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Gold will be slave or master.
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Take as a gift whatever the day brings forth.
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Get money; by just means. if you can; if not, still get money.
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Leuconoe, close the book of fate, For troubles are in store, . . . . Live today, tomorrow is not.
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There is no such thing as perfect happiness.
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Rule your mind or it will rule you.
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And I endeavour to subdue circumstances to myself, and not myself to circumstances. [Lat., Et mihi res, non me rebus, subjungere conor.]
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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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Remember to be calm in adversity.
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Multa ferunt anni venientes commoda secum, Multa recedentes adimiunt. (The years, as they come, bring many agreeable things with them; as they go, they take many away.)
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Money, as it increases, becomes either the master or the slave of ts owner.
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What it is forbidden to be put right becomes lighter by acceptance.
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Let him who has enough ask for nothing more.
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