Money is to be sought for first of all; virtue after wealth. [Lat., Quaerenda pecunia primum est; virtus post nummos.]
HORACEMoney, as it increases, becomes either the master or the slave of ts owner.
More Horace Quotes
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What prevents a man’s speaking good sense with a smile on his face?
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Take as a gift whatever the day brings forth.
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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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He makes himself ridiculous who is for ever repeating the same mistake.
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It is the false shame of fools to try to conceal wounds that have not healed.
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Not to be lost in idle admiration is the only sure means of making and preserving happiness.
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A word, once sent abroad, flies irrevocably.
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Sapere aude. Dare to be wise.
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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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I have erected amonument more lasting than bronze.
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Anger is brief madness
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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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Let the character as it began be preserved to the last; and let it be consistent with itself.
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Being, be bold and venture to be wise.
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Remember to be calm in adversity.
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