Not to be lost in idle admiration is the only sure means of making and preserving happiness.
HORACEA good resolve will make any port.
More Horace Quotes
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Seize the day, put no trust in the morrow!
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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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In adversity, remember to keep an even mind.
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Who’s started has half finished.
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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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Glory drags all men along, low as well as high, bound captive at the wheels of her glittering car.
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Rule your mind or it will rule you.
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Sad people dislike the happy, and the happy the sad; the quick thinking the sedate, and the careless the busy and industrious.
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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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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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When evil times prevail, take care to preserve the serenity of your hear.
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The gods have given you wealth and the means of enjoying it.
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The short span of life forbids us to spin out hope to any length. Soon will night be upon you, and the fabled Shades, and the shadowy Plutonian home.
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What do sad complaints avail if the offense is not cut down by punishment.
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