Money is to be sought for first of all; virtue after wealth. [Lat., Quaerenda pecunia primum est; virtus post nummos.]
HORACEGold will be slave or master.
More Horace Quotes
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Leuconoe, close the book of fate, For troubles are in store, . . . . Live today, tomorrow is not.
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In adversity, remember to keep an even mind.
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Seize the day, put no trust in the morrow!
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When evil times prevail, take care to preserve the serenity of your hear.
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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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With you I should love to live, with you be ready to die.
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Of writing well the source and fountainhead is wise thinking.
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Not gods, nor men, nor even booksellers have put up with poets’ being second-rate.
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Never without a shilling in my purse.
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Take as a gift whatever the day brings forth.
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I would not exchange my life of ease and quiet for the riches of Arabia.
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Nor has he spent his life badly who has passed it in privacy.
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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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A good and faithful judge ever prefers the honorable to the expedient.
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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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