I have erected amonument more lasting than bronze.
HORACEIt is your concern when your neighbor’s wall is on fire.
More Horace Quotes
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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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Wherever the storm carries me, I go a willing guest.
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The envious pine at others’ success; no greater punishment than envy was devised by Sicilian tyrants.
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Being, be bold and venture to be wise.
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It is your concern when your neighbor’s wall is on fire.
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Seest thou how pale the sated guest rises from supper, where the appetite is puzzled with varieties? The body, too, burdened with I yesterday’s excess, weighs down the soul, and fixes to the earth this particle of the divine essence.
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It is the false shame of fools to try to conceal wounds that have not healed.
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A good resolve will make any port.
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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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Anger is brief madness
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Take as a gift whatever the day brings forth.
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Life gives nothing to man without labor.
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A good scare is worth more than good advice.
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When evil times prevail, take care to preserve the serenity of your hear.
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Nor has he spent his life badly who has passed it in privacy.
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