Force without judgement falls on its own weight.
HORACEPale 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.]
More Horace Quotes
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The years as they pass plunder us of one thing after another.
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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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Let him who has enough ask for nothing more.
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A man perfect to the finger tips.
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Multa ferunt anni venientes commoda secum, Multa recedentes adimiunt. (The years, as they come, bring many agreeable things with them; as they go, they take many away.)
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Get money; by just means. if you can; if not, still get money.
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He who has begun has half done. Dare to be wise -begin!
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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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To please great men is not the last degree of praise.
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Take as a gift whatever the day brings forth.
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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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Scribblers are a self-conceited and self-worshipping race.
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What it is forbidden to be put right becomes lighter by acceptance.
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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.]
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In adversity, remember to keep an even mind.
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