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.
HORACEThe wolf dreads the pitfall, the hawk suspects the snare, and the kite the covered hook.
More Horace Quotes
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In neglected fields the fern grows, which must be cleared out by fire.
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Not gods, nor men, nor even booksellers have put up with poets’ being second-rate.
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He makes himself ridiculous who is for ever repeating the same mistake.
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Force without judgement falls on its own weight.
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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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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 him who has enough ask for nothing more.
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By the favour of the heavens
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What impropriety or limit can there be in our grief for a man so beloved?.
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Money, as it increases, becomes either the master or the slave of ts owner.
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Don’t waste the opportunity.
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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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Without love and laughter there is no joy; live amid love and laughter.
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When evil times prevail, take care to preserve the serenity of your hear.
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A good and faithful judge ever prefers the honorable to the expedient.
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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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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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It is your concern when your neighbor’s wall is on fire.
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A man perfect to the finger tips.
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Life gives nothing to man without labor.
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Seize the day, put no trust in the morrow!
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Remember to be calm in adversity.
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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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Having no business of his own to attend to, he busies himself with the affairs of others.
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The good hate sin because they love virtue. [Lat., Oderunt peccare boni virtutis amore.]
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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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