Take as a gift whatever the day brings forth.
HORACEWherever the storm carries me, I go a willing guest.
More Horace Quotes
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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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The years as they pass plunder us of one thing after another.
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It is the false shame of fools to try to conceal wounds that have not healed.
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What prevents a man’s speaking good sense with a smile on his face?
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Having no business of his own to attend to, he busies himself with the affairs of others.
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The gods have given you wealth and the means of enjoying it.
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Not gods, nor men, nor even booksellers have put up with poets’ being second-rate.
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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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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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A good and faithful judge ever prefers the honorable to the expedient.
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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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Seize the day, put no trust in the morrow!
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Pale death, with impartial step, knocks at the hut of the poor and the towers of kings. [Lat., Pallida mors aequo pulsat pede pauperum tabernas Regumque turres.]
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He makes himself ridiculous who is for ever repeating the same mistake.
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It is your concern when your neighbor’s wall is on fire.
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