The good hate sin because they love virtue. [Lat., Oderunt peccare boni virtutis amore.]
HORACESeest 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.
More Horace Quotes
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Don’t waste the opportunity.
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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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Take as a gift whatever the day brings forth.
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He who has begun has half done. Dare to be wise -begin!
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Half is done when the beginning is done.
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One cannot know everything.
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What do sad complaints avail if the offense is not cut down by punishment.
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Without love and laughter there is no joy; live amid love and laughter.
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Flames too soon acquire strength if disregarded.
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Anger is brief madness
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The envious pine at others’ success; no greater punishment than envy was devised by Sicilian tyrants.
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The wolf dreads the pitfall, the hawk suspects the snare, and the kite the covered hook.
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Death’s dark way Must needs be trodden once, however we pause.
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Of writing well the source and fountainhead is wise thinking.
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In adversity, remember to keep an even mind.
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