The explanation avails nothing, which in leading us from one difficulty involves us in another.
HORACEMoney, as it increases, becomes either the master or the slave of ts owner.
More Horace Quotes
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Flames too soon acquire strength if disregarded.
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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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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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In adversity, remember to keep an even mind.
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It is but a poor establishment where there are not many superfluous things which the owner knows not of, and which go to the thieves.
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It is your concern when your neighbor’s wall is on fire.
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The envious pine at others’ success; no greater punishment than envy was devised by Sicilian tyrants.
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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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Leuconoe, close the book of fate, For troubles are in store, . . . . Live today, tomorrow is not.
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What do sad complaints avail if the offense is not cut down by punishment.
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The years as they pass plunder us of one thing after another.
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Rule your mind or it will rule you.
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The wolf dreads the pitfall, the hawk suspects the snare, and the kite the covered hook.
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In neglected fields the fern grows, which must be cleared out by fire.
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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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