The populace may hiss me, but when I go home and think of my money, I applaud myself.
HORACEIt is the false shame of fools to try to conceal wounds that have not healed.
More Horace Quotes
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He makes himself ridiculous who is for ever repeating the same mistake.
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Sapere aude. Dare to be wise.
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Seize the day, put no trust in the morrow!
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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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What it is forbidden to be put right becomes lighter by acceptance.
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Punishment follows close on crime.
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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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Death’s dark way Must needs be trodden once, however we pause.
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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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Having no business of his own to attend to, he busies himself with the affairs of others.
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Wherever the storm carries me, I go a willing guest.
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Life gives nothing to man without labor.
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In adversity, remember to keep an even mind.
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Who prates of war or want after his wine? [Lat., Quis post vina gravem militiam aut pauperiem crepat?]
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And I endeavour to subdue circumstances to myself, and not myself to circumstances. [Lat., Et mihi res, non me rebus, subjungere conor.]
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