He makes himself ridiculous who is for ever repeating the same mistake.
HORACEDon’t waste the opportunity.
More Horace Quotes
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What it is forbidden to be put right becomes lighter by acceptance.
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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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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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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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Not gods, nor men, nor even booksellers have put up with poets’ being second-rate.
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Who’s started has half finished.
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Superfluous words simply spill out when the mind is already full.
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The wolf dreads the pitfall, the hawk suspects the snare, and the kite the covered hook.
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Being, be bold and venture to be wise.
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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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Life gives nothing to man without labor.
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A word, once sent abroad, flies irrevocably.
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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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Nor let a god come in, unless the difficulty be worthy of such an intervention. [Lat., Nec deus intersit nisi dignus vindice nodus.]
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A good scare is worth more than good advice.
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The years as they pass plunder us of one thing after another.
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Let him who has enough ask for nothing more.
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I have erected amonument more lasting than bronze.
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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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Sapere aude. Dare to be wise.
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Remember to preserve a calm soul amid difficulties.
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Seize the day, put no trust in the morrow!
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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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Rule your mind or it will rule you.
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Flames too soon acquire strength if disregarded.
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