Often turn the stile [correct with care], if you expect to write anything worthy of being read twice. [Lat., Saepe stilum vertas, iterum quae digna legi sint Scripturus.]
HORACEFlames too soon acquire strength if disregarded.
More Horace Quotes
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Remember to be calm in adversity.
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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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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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Money, as it increases, becomes either the master or the slave of ts owner.
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When evil times prevail, take care to preserve the serenity of your hear.
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The good hate sin because they love virtue. [Lat., Oderunt peccare boni virtutis amore.]
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A word, once sent abroad, flies irrevocably.
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Who’s started has half finished.
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What do sad complaints avail if the offense is not cut down by punishment.
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A man perfect to the finger tips.
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Do not try to find out – we’re forbidden to know – what end the gods have in store for me, or for you.
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He who has begun has half done. Dare to be wise -begin!
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Let him who has once perceived how much that, which has been discarded, excels that which he has longed for, return at once, and seek again that which he despised.
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Death’s dark way Must needs be trodden once, however we pause.
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The envious pine at others’ success; no greater punishment than envy was devised by Sicilian tyrants.
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