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.
HORACEA good resolve will make any port.
More Horace Quotes
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How slight and insignificant is the thing which casts down or restores a mind greedy for praise.
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A good scare is worth more than good advice.
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What prevents a man’s speaking good sense with a smile on his face?
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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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To have begun is half the job; be bold and be sensible.
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With you I should love to live, with you be ready to die.
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Force without judgement falls on its own weight.
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Fate with impartial hand turns out the doom of high and low; her capacious urn is constantly shaking the names of all mankind.
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What it is forbidden to be put right becomes lighter by acceptance.
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I have erected amonument more lasting than bronze.
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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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What do sad complaints avail if the offense is not cut down by punishment.
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It is your concern when your neighbor’s wall is on fire.
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Leuconoe, close the book of fate, For troubles are in store, . . . . Live today, tomorrow is not.
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