Not to be lost in idle admiration is the only sure means of making and preserving happiness.
HORACEThe populace may hiss me, but when I go home and think of my money, I applaud myself.
More Horace Quotes
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A good resolve will make any port.
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What it is forbidden to be put right becomes lighter by acceptance.
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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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When evil times prevail, take care to preserve the serenity of your hear.
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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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In a moment comes either death or joyful victory. [Lat., Horae Momento cita mors venit aut victoria laeta.]
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I praise her (Fortune) while she lasts; if she shakes her quick wings, I resign what she has given, and take refuge in my own virtue, and seek honest undowered Poverty.
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In adversity, remember to keep an even mind.
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It is your concern when your neighbor’s wall is on fire.
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Who’s started has half finished.
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What impropriety or limit can there be in our grief for a man so beloved?.
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And I endeavour to subdue circumstances to myself, and not myself to circumstances. [Lat., Et mihi res, non me rebus, subjungere conor.]
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Never without a shilling in my purse.
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Don’t waste the opportunity.
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Joys do not fall to the rich alone; nor has he lived ill of whose birth and death no one took note.
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