How slight and insignificant is the thing which casts down or restores a mind greedy for praise.
HORACEHaving no business of his own to attend to, he busies himself with the affairs of others.
More Horace Quotes
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Glory drags all men along, low as well as high, bound captive at the wheels of her glittering car.
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A man perfect to the finger tips.
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Not to be lost in idle admiration is the only sure means of making and preserving happiness.
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Force without judgement falls on its own weight.
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Let him who has enough ask for nothing more.
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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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Don’t waste the opportunity.
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Without love and laughter there is no joy; live amid love and laughter.
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When evil times prevail, take care to preserve the serenity of your hear.
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Joys do not fall to the rich alone; nor has he lived ill of whose birth and death no one took note.
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Remember to preserve a calm soul amid difficulties.
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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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Money is to be sought for first of all; virtue after wealth. [Lat., Quaerenda pecunia primum est; virtus post nummos.]
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What we learn only through the ears makes less impression upon our minds than what is presented to the trustworthy eye.
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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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