Having no business of his own to attend to, he busies himself with the affairs of others.
HORACEA man perfect to the finger tips.
More Horace Quotes
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When evil times prevail, take care to preserve the serenity of your hear.
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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 arrow will not always find the mark intended.
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The wolf dreads the pitfall, the hawk suspects the snare, and the kite the covered hook.
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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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Never without a shilling in my purse.
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It is but a poor establishment where there are not many superfluous things which the owner knows not of, and which go to the thieves.
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Let him who has once perceived how much that, which has been discarded, excels that which he has longed for, return at once, and seek again that which he despised.
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Often turn the stile [correct with care], if you expect to write anything worthy of being read twice. [Lat., Saepe stilum vertas, iterum quae digna legi sint Scripturus.]
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Who’s started has half finished.
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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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A word, once sent abroad, flies irrevocably.
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Flames too soon acquire strength if disregarded.
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To please great men is not the last degree of praise.
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Remember to be calm in adversity.
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