To please great men is not the last degree of praise.
HORACENor let a god come in, unless the difficulty be worthy of such an intervention. [Lat., Nec deus intersit nisi dignus vindice nodus.]
More Horace Quotes
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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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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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He makes himself ridiculous who is for ever repeating the same mistake.
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The years as they pass plunder us of one thing after another.
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Punishment follows close on crime.
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With you I should love to live, with you be ready to die.
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By the favour of the heavens
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Remember to preserve a calm soul amid difficulties.
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The wolf dreads the pitfall, the hawk suspects the snare, and the kite the covered hook.
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A good resolve will make any port.
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Without love and laughter there is no joy; live amid love and laughter.
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Money, as it increases, becomes either the master or the slave of ts owner.
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Let him who has enough ask for nothing more.
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A good scare is worth more than good advice.
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There is no such thing as perfect happiness.
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Death’s dark way Must needs be trodden once, however we pause.
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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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The arrow will not always find the mark intended.
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The gods have given you wealth and the means of enjoying it.
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Wherever the storm carries me, I go a willing guest.
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Not gods, nor men, nor even booksellers have put up with poets’ being second-rate.
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What it is forbidden to be put right becomes lighter by acceptance.
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Don’t waste the opportunity.
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Leuconoe, close the book of fate, For troubles are in store, . . . . Live today, tomorrow is not.
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Scribblers are a self-conceited and self-worshipping race.
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