There is a middle ground in things.
HORACEThe gods have given you wealth and the means of enjoying it.
More Horace Quotes
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Life gives nothing to man without labor.
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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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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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Not gods, nor men, nor even booksellers have put up with poets’ being second-rate.
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Flames too soon acquire strength if disregarded.
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Let the character as it began be preserved to the last; and let it be consistent with itself.
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Anger is brief madness
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I would not exchange my life of ease and quiet for the riches of Arabia.
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In neglected fields the fern grows, which must be cleared out by fire.
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Of writing well the source and fountainhead is wise thinking.
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A good and faithful judge ever prefers the honorable to the expedient.
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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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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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Take as a gift whatever the day brings forth.
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