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Horace

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
Flames too soon acquire strength if disregarded.
HORACE

Acquire Flames Strength
Not gods, nor men, nor even booksellers have put up with poets’ being second-rate.
HORACE

Men Poetry Rate
In adversity, remember to keep an even mind.
HORACE

Adversity Inspirational Motivational
Seize the day, put no trust in the morrow!
HORACE

Day Morrow Seize Trust
Who’s started has half finished.
HORACE

Finish Half Start
People hiss at me, but I applaud myself in my own house, and at the same time contemplate the money in my chest.
HORACE

Country House People
To have begun is half the job; be bold and be sensible.
HORACE

Half Job Sensible
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.]
HORACE

Authorship Care Write
And I endeavour to subdue circumstances to myself, and not myself to circumstances. [Lat., Et mihi res, non me rebus, subjungere conor.]
HORACE

Circumstances Endeavor Myself
When evil times prevail, take care to preserve the serenity of your hear.
HORACE

Evil Life Serenity
I have erected amonument more lasting than bronze.
HORACE

Appreciation Bronze Country People
Punishment follows close on crime.
HORACE

Crime Follow Punishment
To please great men is not the last degree of praise.
HORACE

Degrees Last Men
The explanation avails nothing, which in leading us from one difficulty involves us in another.
HORACE

Difficulty Explanation Involve
Superfluous words simply spill out when the mind is already full.
HORACE

Mind Spill Superfluous

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