Nor has he spent his life badly who has passed it in privacy.
HORACERemember to be calm in adversity.
More Horace Quotes
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Take as a gift whatever the day brings forth.
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The years as they pass plunder us of one thing after another.
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It is your concern when your neighbor’s wall is on fire.
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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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Seest thou how pale the sated guest rises from supper, where the appetite is puzzled with varieties? The body, too, burdened with I yesterday’s excess, weighs down the soul, and fixes to the earth this particle of the divine essence.
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He who has begun has half done. Dare to be wise -begin!
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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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What it is forbidden to be put right becomes lighter by acceptance.
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Flames too soon acquire strength if disregarded.
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What do sad complaints avail if the offense is not cut down by punishment.
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Half is done when the beginning is done.
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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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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 prevents a man’s speaking good sense with a smile on his face?
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Without love and laughter there is no joy; live amid love and laughter.
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