Nor has he spent his life badly who has passed it in privacy.
HORACERule your mind or it will rule you.
More Horace Quotes
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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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Of writing well the source and fountainhead is wise thinking.
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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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A good resolve will make any port.
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Let him who has enough ask for nothing more.
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It is the false shame of fools to try to conceal wounds that have not healed.
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Where there are many beauties in a poem I shall not cavil at a few faults proceeding either from negligence or from the imperfection of our nature.
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He who has begun has half done. Dare to be wise -begin!
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Force without judgement falls on its own weight.
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Remember to preserve a calm soul amid difficulties.
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In neglected fields the fern grows, which must be cleared out by fire.
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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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Glory drags all men along, low as well as high, bound captive at the wheels of her glittering car.
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Leuconoe, close the book of fate, For troubles are in store, . . . . Live today, tomorrow is not.
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A good and faithful judge ever prefers the honorable to the expedient.
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