Who’s started has half finished.
HORACEA word, once sent abroad, flies irrevocably.
More Horace Quotes
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Without love and laughter there is no joy; live amid love and laughter.
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What do sad complaints avail if the offense is not cut down by punishment.
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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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Who prates of war or want after his wine? [Lat., Quis post vina gravem militiam aut pauperiem crepat?]
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Of writing well the source and fountainhead is wise thinking.
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Pale 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.]
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Let the character as it began be preserved to the last; and let it be consistent with itself.
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Remember to be calm in adversity.
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Get money; by just means. if you can; if not, still get money.
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What it is forbidden to be put right becomes lighter by acceptance.
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What we learn only through the ears makes less impression upon our minds than what is presented to the trustworthy eye.
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Having no business of his own to attend to, he busies himself with the affairs of others.
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Multa 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.)
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The explanation avails nothing, which in leading us from one difficulty involves us in another.
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In neglected fields the fern grows, which must be cleared out by fire.
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