How slight and insignificant is the thing which casts down or restores a mind greedy for praise.
HORACELet the character as it began be preserved to the last; and let it be consistent with itself.
More Horace Quotes
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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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In adversity, remember to keep an even mind.
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Don’t waste the opportunity.
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Sad people dislike the happy, and the happy the sad; the quick thinking the sedate, and the careless the busy and industrious.
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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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Who’s started has half finished.
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Force without judgement falls on its own weight.
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Leuconoe, close the book of fate, For troubles are in store, . . . . Live today, tomorrow is not.
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What it is forbidden to be put right becomes lighter by acceptance.
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The wolf dreads the pitfall, the hawk suspects the snare, and the kite the covered hook.
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Flames too soon acquire strength if disregarded.
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Aiming at brevity, I become obscure.
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A good resolve will make any port.
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The arrow will not always find the mark intended.
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The explanation avails nothing, which in leading us from one difficulty involves us in another.
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