He who has begun has half done. Dare to be wise -begin!
HORACEOften 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.]
More Horace Quotes
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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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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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A word, once sent abroad, flies irrevocably.
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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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A good scare is worth more than good advice.
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Wherever the storm carries me, I go a willing guest.
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I have erected amonument more lasting than bronze.
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It is the false shame of fools to try to conceal wounds that have not healed.
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Let him who has enough ask for nothing more.
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I would not exchange my life of ease and quiet for the riches of Arabia.
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In a moment comes either death or joyful victory. [Lat., Horae Momento cita mors venit aut victoria laeta.]
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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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He will often have to scratch his head, and bite his nails to the quick. [To succeed he will have to puzzle his brains and work hard.]
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Aiming at brevity, I become obscure.
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The populace may hiss me, but when I go home and think of my money, I applaud myself.
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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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Money is to be sought for first of all; virtue after wealth. [Lat., Quaerenda pecunia primum est; virtus post nummos.]
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The good hate sin because they love virtue. [Lat., Oderunt peccare boni virtutis amore.]
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A man perfect to the finger tips.
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Nor has he spent his life badly who has passed it in privacy.
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Remember to be calm in adversity.
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In neglected fields the fern grows, which must be cleared out by fire.
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There is no such thing as perfect happiness.
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Being, be bold and venture to be wise.
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Leuconoe, close the book of fate, For troubles are in store, . . . . Live today, tomorrow is not.
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It is your concern when your neighbor’s wall is on fire.
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