What prevents a man’s speaking good sense with a smile on his face?
HORACEHe 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.]
More Horace Quotes
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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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Life gives nothing to man without labor.
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The years as they pass plunder us of one thing after another.
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Anger is brief madness
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Gold will be slave or master.
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Let him who has enough ask for nothing more.
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One cannot know everything.
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A good scare is worth more than good advice.
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Not to be lost in idle admiration is the only sure means of making and preserving happiness.
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And I endeavour to subdue circumstances to myself, and not myself to circumstances. [Lat., Et mihi res, non me rebus, subjungere conor.]
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The explanation avails nothing, which in leading us from one difficulty involves us in another.
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Being, be bold and venture to be wise.
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There is a middle ground in things.
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Rule your mind or it will rule you.
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Without love and laughter there is no joy; live amid love and laughter.
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