Superfluous words simply spill out when the mind is already full.
HORACEWho prates of war or want after his wine? [Lat., Quis post vina gravem militiam aut pauperiem crepat?]
More Horace Quotes
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Rule your mind or it will rule you.
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In adversity, remember to keep an even mind.
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Get money; by just means. if you can; if not, still get money.
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Flames too soon acquire strength if disregarded.
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Glory drags all men along, low as well as high, bound captive at the wheels of her glittering car.
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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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A man perfect to the finger tips.
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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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One cannot know everything.
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Wherever the storm carries me, I go a willing guest.
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Having no business of his own to attend to, he busies himself with the affairs of others.
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A word, once sent abroad, flies irrevocably.
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The wolf dreads the pitfall, the hawk suspects the snare, and the kite the covered hook.
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Nor has he spent his life badly who has passed it in privacy.
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When evil times prevail, take care to preserve the serenity of your hear.
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