The wolf dreads the pitfall, the hawk suspects the snare, and the kite the covered hook.
HORACEDeath’s dark way Must needs be trodden once, however we pause.
More Horace Quotes
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What prevents a man’s speaking good sense with a smile on his face?
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Life gives nothing to man without labor.
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The arrow will not always find the mark intended.
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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 the false shame of fools to try to conceal wounds that have not healed.
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The explanation avails nothing, which in leading us from one difficulty involves us in another.
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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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One cannot know everything.
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Being, be bold and venture to be wise.
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Remember to be calm in adversity.
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Punishment follows close on crime.
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When evil times prevail, take care to preserve the serenity of your hear.
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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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Scribblers are a self-conceited and self-worshipping race.
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Half is done when the beginning is done.
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