To please great men is not the last degree of praise.
HORACEThere is a middle ground in things.
More Horace Quotes
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The arrow will not always find the mark intended.
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Aiming at brevity, I become obscure.
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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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Gold will be slave or master.
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I have erected amonument more lasting than bronze.
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The good hate sin because they love virtue. [Lat., Oderunt peccare boni virtutis amore.]
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It is your concern when your neighbor’s wall is on fire.
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What do sad complaints avail if the offense is not cut down by punishment.
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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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Who prates of war or want after his wine? [Lat., Quis post vina gravem militiam aut pauperiem crepat?]
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I would not exchange my life of ease and quiet for the riches of Arabia.
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With you I should love to live, with you be ready to die.
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Flames too soon acquire strength if disregarded.
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Seest thou how pale the sated guest rises from supper, where the appetite is puzzled with varieties? The body, too, burdened with I yesterday’s excess, weighs down the soul, and fixes to the earth this particle of the divine essence.
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A good scare is worth more than good advice.
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