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.
HORACEThe wolf dreads the pitfall, the hawk suspects the snare, and the kite the covered hook.
More Horace Quotes
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Gold will be slave or master.
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When evil times prevail, take care to preserve the serenity of your hear.
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Scribblers are a self-conceited and self-worshipping race.
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A good and faithful judge ever prefers the honorable to the expedient.
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There is a middle ground in things.
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A word, once sent abroad, flies irrevocably.
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Wherever the storm carries me, I go a willing guest.
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The years as they pass plunder us of one thing after another.
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Sad people dislike the happy, and the happy the sad; the quick thinking the sedate, and the careless the busy and industrious.
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Remember to preserve a calm soul amid difficulties.
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It is the false shame of fools to try to conceal wounds that have not healed.
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The gods have given you wealth and the means of enjoying it.
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Sapere aude. Dare to be wise.
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In neglected fields the fern grows, which must be cleared out by fire.
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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.
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