There is a middle ground in things.
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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Glory drags all men along, low as well as high, bound captive at the wheels of her glittering car.
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Seize the day, put no trust in the morrow!
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The gods have given you wealth and the means of enjoying it.
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Not gods, nor men, nor even booksellers have put up with poets’ being second-rate.
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What prevents a man’s speaking good sense with a smile on his face?
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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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Get money; by just means. if you can; if not, still get money.
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I praise her (Fortune) while she lasts; if she shakes her quick wings, I resign what she has given, and take refuge in my own virtue, and seek honest undowered Poverty.
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Anger is brief madness
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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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Superfluous words simply spill out when the mind is already full.
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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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Punishment follows close on crime.
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Let him who has enough ask for nothing more.
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Never without a shilling in my purse.
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