The years as they pass plunder us of one thing after another.
HORACEI would not exchange my life of ease and quiet for the riches of Arabia.
More Horace Quotes
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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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Punishment follows close on crime.
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Leuconoe, close the book of fate, For troubles are in store, . . . . Live today, tomorrow is not.
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Multa ferunt anni venientes commoda secum, Multa recedentes adimiunt. (The years, as they come, bring many agreeable things with them; as they go, they take many away.)
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When evil times prevail, take care to preserve the serenity of your hear.
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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.
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By the favour of the heavens
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Don’t waste the opportunity.
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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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Anger is brief madness
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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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He makes himself ridiculous who is for ever repeating the same mistake.
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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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Remember to be calm in adversity.
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Without love and laughter there is no joy; live amid love and laughter.
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