Of writing well the source and fountainhead is wise thinking.
HORACEA good and faithful judge ever prefers the honorable to the expedient.
More Horace Quotes
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A word, once sent abroad, flies irrevocably.
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There is a middle ground in things.
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A man perfect to the finger tips.
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Nor has he spent his life badly who has passed it in privacy.
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Get money; by just means. if you can; if not, still get money.
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It is the false shame of fools to try to conceal wounds that have not healed.
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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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Being, be bold and venture to be wise.
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A good and faithful judge ever prefers the honorable to the expedient.
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What prevents a man’s speaking good sense with a smile on his face?
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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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Who’s started has half finished.
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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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A good scare is worth more than good advice.
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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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