Of writing well the source and fountainhead is wise thinking.
HORACEMulta 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.)
More Horace Quotes
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The years as they pass plunder us of one thing after another.
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What it is forbidden to be put right becomes lighter by acceptance.
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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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What impropriety or limit can there be in our grief for a man so beloved?.
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The good hate sin because they love virtue. [Lat., Oderunt peccare boni virtutis amore.]
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Superfluous words simply spill out when the mind is already full.
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A good scare is worth more than good advice.
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Get money; by just means. if you can; if not, still get money.
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Rule your mind or it will rule you.
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A word, once sent abroad, flies irrevocably.
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Where there are many beauties in a poem I shall not cavil at a few faults proceeding either from negligence or from the imperfection of our nature.
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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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He who has begun has half done. Dare to be wise -begin!
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Having no business of his own to attend to, he busies himself with the affairs of others.
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Remember to preserve a calm soul amid difficulties.
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