How slight and insignificant is the thing which casts down or restores a mind greedy for praise.
HORACELife gives nothing to man without labor.
More Horace Quotes
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Sapere aude. Dare to be wise.
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Punishment follows close on crime.
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Who’s started has half finished.
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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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Aiming at brevity, I become obscure.
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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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Don’t waste the opportunity.
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It is your concern when your neighbor’s wall is on fire.
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Let him who has enough ask for nothing more.
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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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Not to be lost in idle admiration is the only sure means of making and preserving happiness.
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A good and faithful judge ever prefers the honorable to the expedient.
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The envious pine at others’ success; no greater punishment than envy was devised by Sicilian tyrants.
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When evil times prevail, take care to preserve the serenity of your hear.
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Superfluous words simply spill out when the mind is already full.
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