Sad people dislike the happy, and the happy the sad; the quick thinking the sedate, and the careless the busy and industrious.
HORACEMoney is to be sought for first of all; virtue after wealth. [Lat., Quaerenda pecunia primum est; virtus post nummos.]
More Horace Quotes
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People hiss at me, but I applaud myself in my own house, and at the same time contemplate the money in my chest.
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Nor let a god come in, unless the difficulty be worthy of such an intervention. [Lat., Nec deus intersit nisi dignus vindice nodus.]
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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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Anger is brief madness
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The envious pine at others’ success; no greater punishment than envy was devised by Sicilian tyrants.
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He will often have to scratch his head, and bite his nails to the quick. [To succeed he will have to puzzle his brains and work hard.]
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The explanation avails nothing, which in leading us from one difficulty involves us in another.
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I have erected amonument more lasting than bronze.
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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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Pale death, with impartial step, knocks at the hut of the poor and the towers of kings. [Lat., Pallida mors aequo pulsat pede pauperum tabernas Regumque turres.]
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Leuconoe, close the book of fate, For troubles are in store, . . . . Live today, tomorrow is not.
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Sapere aude. Dare to be wise.
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What prevents a man’s speaking good sense with a smile on his face?
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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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Rule your mind or it will rule you.
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