Sad people dislike the happy, and the happy the sad; the quick thinking the sedate, and the careless the busy and industrious.
HORACEIt is but a poor establishment where there are not many superfluous things which the owner knows not of, and which go to the thieves.
More Horace Quotes
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It is your concern when your neighbor’s wall is on fire.
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Superfluous words simply spill out when the mind is already full.
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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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The short span of life forbids us to spin out hope to any length. Soon will night be upon you, and the fabled Shades, and the shadowy Plutonian home.
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One cannot know everything.
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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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Glory drags all men along, low as well as high, bound captive at the wheels of her glittering car.
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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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Life gives nothing to man without labor.
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People hiss at me, but I applaud myself in my own house, and at the same time contemplate the money in my chest.
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What prevents a man’s speaking good sense with a smile on his face?
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And I endeavour to subdue circumstances to myself, and not myself to circumstances. [Lat., Et mihi res, non me rebus, subjungere conor.]
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The arrow will not always find the mark intended.
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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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A man perfect to the finger tips.
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