How slight and insignificant is the thing which casts down or restores a mind greedy for praise.
HORACEThere is a middle ground in things.
More Horace Quotes
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Flames too soon acquire strength if disregarded.
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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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A good scare is worth more than good advice.
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Wherever the storm carries me, I go a willing guest.
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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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Who’s started has half finished.
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Force without judgement falls on its own weight.
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Remember to preserve a calm soul amid difficulties.
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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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What prevents a man’s speaking good sense with a smile on his face?
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Aiming at brevity, I become obscure.
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The years as they pass plunder us of one thing after another.
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It is the false shame of fools to try to conceal wounds that have not healed.
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Superfluous words simply spill out when the mind is already full.
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Life gives nothing to man without labor.
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