A man perfect to the finger tips.
HORACEPeople hiss at me, but I applaud myself in my own house, and at the same time contemplate the money in my chest.
More Horace Quotes
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A word, once sent abroad, flies irrevocably.
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It is but a poor establishment where there are not many superfluous things which the owner knows not of, and which go to the thieves.
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Without love and laughter there is no joy; live amid love and laughter.
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Scribblers are a self-conceited and self-worshipping race.
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Wherever the storm carries me, I go a willing guest.
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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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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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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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I would not exchange my life of ease and quiet for the riches of Arabia.
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People hiss at me, but I applaud myself in my own house, and at the same time contemplate the money in my chest.
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How slight and insignificant is the thing which casts down or restores a mind greedy for praise.
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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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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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Do not try to find out – we’re forbidden to know – what end the gods have in store for me, or for you.
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