How slight and insignificant is the thing which casts down or restores a mind greedy for praise.
HORACESeize the day, put no trust in the morrow!
More Horace Quotes
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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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To have begun is half the job; be bold and be sensible.
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The arrow will not always find the mark intended.
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Superfluous words simply spill out when the mind is already full.
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Gold will be slave or master.
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Take as a gift whatever the day brings forth.
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When evil times prevail, take care to preserve the serenity of your hear.
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The 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.
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Punishment follows close on crime.
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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.
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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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Wherever the storm carries me, I go a willing guest.
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What it is forbidden to be put right becomes lighter by acceptance.
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Often turn the stile [correct with care], if you expect to write anything worthy of being read twice. [Lat., Saepe stilum vertas, iterum quae digna legi sint Scripturus.]
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He who has begun has half done. Dare to be wise -begin!
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