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.
HORACELet 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.
HORACEGold will be slave or master.
HORACETo please great men is not the last degree of praise.
HORACEPale death, with impartial step, knocks at the hut of the poor and the towers of kings. [Lat., Pallida mors aequo pulsat pede pauperum tabernas Regumque turres.]
HORACEMulta 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.)
HORACELet the character as it began be preserved to the last; and let it be consistent with itself.
HORACESuperfluous words simply spill out when the mind is already full.
HORACEA good and faithful judge ever prefers the honorable to the expedient.
HORACEDeath’s dark way Must needs be trodden once, however we pause.
HORACENever without a shilling in my purse.
HORACEGet money; by just means. if you can; if not, still get money.
HORACEAiming at brevity, I become obscure.
HORACEPunishment follows close on crime.
HORACEA good scare is worth more than good advice.
HORACEThe 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.
HORACEThe wolf dreads the pitfall, the hawk suspects the snare, and the kite the covered hook.
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