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Horace

Who’s started has half finished.
HORACE

Finish Half Start
How slight and insignificant is the thing which casts down or restores a mind greedy for praise.
HORACE

Greedy Mind Praise
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.
HORACE

Home Life Night
In adversity, remember to keep an even mind.
HORACE

Adversity Inspirational Motivational
Death’s dark way Must needs be trodden once, however we pause.
HORACE

Dark Death Needs
The populace may hiss me, but when I go home and think of my money, I applaud myself.
HORACE

Home May Think
The envious pine at others’ success; no greater punishment than envy was devised by Sicilian tyrants.
HORACE

Envy Punishment Tyrant
I would not exchange my life of ease and quiet for the riches of Arabia.
HORACE

Country Ease People Rich
Having no business of his own to attend to, he busies himself with the affairs of others.
HORACE

Affair Business Other People
Where there are many beauties in a poem I shall not cavil at a few faults proceeding either from negligence or from the imperfection of our nature.
HORACE

Fault Imperfection Poetry
In neglected fields the fern grows, which must be cleared out by fire.
HORACE

Fern Field Fire Out
The arrow will not always find the mark intended.
HORACE

Arrows Intent Mark People
To have begun is half the job; be bold and be sensible.
HORACE

Half Job Sensible
Seize the day, put no trust in the morrow!
HORACE

Day Morrow Seize Trust
A good resolve will make any port.
HORACE

Adversity Port Resolve
Nor has he spent his life badly who has passed it in privacy.
HORACE

Badly Life People Privacy

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