Do not try to find out – we’re forbidden to know – what end the gods have in store for me, or for you.
HORACEDo not try to find out – we’re forbidden to know – what end the gods have in store for me, or for you.
More Horace Quotes
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It is the false shame of fools to try to conceal wounds that have not healed.
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Fate with impartial hand turns out the doom of high and low; her capacious urn is constantly shaking the names of all mankind.
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What it is forbidden to be put right becomes lighter by acceptance.
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He will often have to scratch his head, and bite his nails to the quick. [To succeed he will have to puzzle his brains and work hard.]
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Superfluous words simply spill out when the mind is already full.
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The good hate sin because they love virtue. [Lat., Oderunt peccare boni virtutis amore.]
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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.]
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Let him who has enough ask for nothing more.
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The populace may hiss me, but when I go home and think of my money, I applaud myself.
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Rule your mind or it will rule you.
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There is a middle ground in things.
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Wherever the storm carries me, I go a willing guest.
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What do sad complaints avail if the offense is not cut down by punishment.
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A good resolve will make any port.
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The wolf dreads the pitfall, the hawk suspects the snare, and the kite the covered hook.
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