To please great men is not the last degree of praise.
HORACEJoys do not fall to the rich alone; nor has he lived ill of whose birth and death no one took note.
More Horace Quotes
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It is your concern when your neighbor’s wall is on fire.
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The explanation avails nothing, which in leading us from one difficulty involves us in another.
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With you I should love to live, with you be ready to die.
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He makes himself ridiculous who is for ever repeating the same mistake.
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The wolf dreads the pitfall, the hawk suspects the snare, and the kite the covered hook.
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I have erected amonument more lasting than bronze.
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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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It is the false shame of fools to try to conceal wounds that have not healed.
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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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Death’s dark way Must needs be trodden once, however we pause.
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Get money; by just means. if you can; if not, still get money.
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The envious pine at others’ success; no greater punishment than envy was devised by Sicilian tyrants.
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Sapere aude. Dare to be wise.
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A good and faithful judge ever prefers the honorable to the expedient.
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When evil times prevail, take care to preserve the serenity of your hear.
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