To please great men is not the last degree of praise.
HORACEWith you I should love to live, with you be ready to die.
More Horace Quotes
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The wolf dreads the pitfall, the hawk suspects the snare, and the kite the covered hook.
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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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Life gives nothing to man without labor.
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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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In a moment comes either death or joyful victory. [Lat., Horae Momento cita mors venit aut victoria laeta.]
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The envious pine at others’ success; no greater punishment than envy was devised by Sicilian tyrants.
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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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Rule your mind or it will rule you.
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A good and faithful judge ever prefers the honorable to the expedient.
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A good scare is worth more than good advice.
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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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Half is done when the beginning is done.
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Wherever the storm carries me, I go a willing guest.
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With you I should love to live, with you be ready to die.
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Gold will be slave or master.
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