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.
HORACEThe explanation avails nothing, which in leading us from one difficulty involves us in another.
More Horace Quotes
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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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Leuconoe, close the book of fate, For troubles are in store, . . . . Live today, tomorrow is not.
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Never without a shilling in my purse.
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Anger is brief madness
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To please great men is not the last degree of praise.
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What do sad complaints avail if the offense is not cut down by punishment.
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He who has begun has half done. Dare to be wise -begin!
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Gold will be slave or master.
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Wherever the storm carries me, I go a willing guest.
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How slight and insignificant is the thing which casts down or restores a mind greedy for praise.
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In a moment comes either death or joyful victory. [Lat., Horae Momento cita mors venit aut victoria laeta.]
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Sad people dislike the happy, and the happy the sad; the quick thinking the sedate, and the careless the busy and industrious.
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A good scare is worth more than good advice.
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It is your concern when your neighbor’s wall is on fire.
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Glory drags all men along, low as well as high, bound captive at the wheels of her glittering car.
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