It is your concern when your neighbor’s wall is on fire.
HORACEFate with impartial hand turns out the doom of high and low; her capacious urn is constantly shaking the names of all mankind.
More Horace Quotes
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There is no such thing as perfect happiness.
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Nor has he spent his life badly who has passed it in privacy.
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Fate with impartial hand turns out the doom of high and low; her capacious urn is constantly shaking the names of all mankind.
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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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Sapere aude. Dare to be wise.
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Life gives nothing to man without labor.
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When evil times prevail, take care to preserve the serenity of your hear.
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In adversity, remember to keep an even mind.
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A good and faithful judge ever prefers the honorable to the expedient.
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In neglected fields the fern grows, which must be cleared out by fire.
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Gold will be slave or master.
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Flames too soon acquire strength if disregarded.
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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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What it is forbidden to be put right becomes lighter by acceptance.
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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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