To have begun is half the job; be bold and be sensible.
HORACEPeople hiss at me, but I applaud myself in my own house, and at the same time contemplate the money in my chest.
More Horace Quotes
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Who prates of war or want after his wine? [Lat., Quis post vina gravem militiam aut pauperiem crepat?]
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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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To please great men is not the last degree of praise.
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When evil times prevail, take care to preserve the serenity of your hear.
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The good hate sin because they love virtue. [Lat., Oderunt peccare boni virtutis amore.]
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Joys do not fall to the rich alone; nor has he lived ill of whose birth and death no one took note.
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It is the false shame of fools to try to conceal wounds that have not healed.
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With you I should love to live, with you be ready to die.
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Half is done when the beginning is done.
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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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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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People hiss at me, but I applaud myself in my own house, and at the same time contemplate the money in my chest.
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One cannot know everything.
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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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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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Superfluous words simply spill out when the mind is already full.
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Pale death, with impartial step, knocks at the hut of the poor and the towers of kings. [Lat., Pallida mors aequo pulsat pede pauperum tabernas Regumque turres.]
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He will often have to scratch his head, and bite his nails to the quick. [To succeed he will have to puzzle his brains and work hard.]
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Anger is brief madness
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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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A good and faithful judge ever prefers the honorable to the expedient.
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In neglected fields the fern grows, which must be cleared out by fire.
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Of writing well the source and fountainhead is wise thinking.
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He makes himself ridiculous who is for ever repeating the same mistake.
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I praise her (Fortune) while she lasts; if she shakes her quick wings, I resign what she has given, and take refuge in my own virtue, and seek honest undowered Poverty.
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