And I endeavour to subdue circumstances to myself, and not myself to circumstances. [Lat., Et mihi res, non me rebus, subjungere conor.]
HORACELeuconoe, close the book of fate, For troubles are in store, . . . . Live today, tomorrow is not.
More Horace Quotes
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I would not exchange my life of ease and quiet for the riches of Arabia.
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Being, be bold and venture to be wise.
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Without love and laughter there is no joy; live amid love and laughter.
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Sapere aude. Dare to be wise.
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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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Gold will be slave or master.
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A good scare is worth more than good advice.
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Scribblers are a self-conceited and self-worshipping race.
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I have erected amonument more lasting than bronze.
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The arrow will not always find the mark intended.
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How slight and insignificant is the thing which casts down or restores a mind greedy for praise.
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Punishment follows close on crime.
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In adversity, remember to keep an even mind.
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A word, once sent abroad, flies irrevocably.
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Take as a gift whatever the day brings forth.
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What impropriety or limit can there be in our grief for a man so beloved?.
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Anger is brief madness
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There is no such thing as perfect happiness.
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Seize the day, put no trust in the morrow!
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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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Not to be lost in idle admiration is the only sure means of making and preserving happiness.
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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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Life gives nothing to man without labor.
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Death’s dark way Must needs be trodden once, however we pause.
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Leuconoe, close the book of fate, For troubles are in store, . . . . Live today, tomorrow is not.
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There is a middle ground in things.
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