Money is to be sought for first of all; virtue after wealth. [Lat., Quaerenda pecunia primum est; virtus post nummos.]
HORACEJoys do not fall to the rich alone; nor has he lived ill of whose birth and death no one took note.
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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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What prevents a man’s speaking good sense with a smile on his face?
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Don’t waste the opportunity.
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The explanation avails nothing, which in leading us from one difficulty involves us in another.
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Not gods, nor men, nor even booksellers have put up with poets’ being second-rate.
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There is no such thing as perfect happiness.
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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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Without love and laughter there is no joy; live amid love and laughter.
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The wolf dreads the pitfall, the hawk suspects the snare, and the kite the covered hook.
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Remember to preserve a calm soul amid difficulties.
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The envious pine at others’ success; no greater punishment than envy was devised by Sicilian tyrants.
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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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Seize the day, put no trust in the morrow!
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A man perfect to the finger tips.
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Take as a gift whatever the day brings forth.
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