Who’s started has half finished.
HORACEHaving no business of his own to attend to, he busies himself with the affairs of others.
More Horace Quotes
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Life gives nothing to man without labor.
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A good and faithful judge ever prefers the honorable to the expedient.
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And I endeavour to subdue circumstances to myself, and not myself to circumstances. [Lat., Et mihi res, non me rebus, subjungere conor.]
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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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Gold will be slave or master.
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Never without a shilling in my purse.
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The good hate sin because they love virtue. [Lat., Oderunt peccare boni virtutis amore.]
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What prevents a man’s speaking good sense with a smile on his face?
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The explanation avails nothing, which in leading us from one difficulty involves us in another.
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A good resolve will make any port.
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Sad people dislike the happy, and the happy the sad; the quick thinking the sedate, and the careless the busy and industrious.
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Get money; by just means. if you can; if not, still get money.
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Money is to be sought for first of all; virtue after wealth. [Lat., Quaerenda pecunia primum est; virtus post nummos.]
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Don’t waste the opportunity.
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There is a middle ground in things.
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