Horace Quotes

Money is to be sought for first of all; virtue after wealth. [Lat., Quaerenda pecunia primum est; virtus post nummos.]
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First Money Wealth
Without love and laughter there is no joy; live amid love and laughter.
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Joy Laughter Love People
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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Death King Tower
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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Men Time Year
A good and faithful judge ever prefers the honorable to the expedient.
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Judge Justice Life Umpires
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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Depress People Think
By the favour of the heavens
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Favour Heaven Religious
To please great men is not the last degree of praise.
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Degrees Last Men
Often turn the stile [correct with care], if you expect to write anything worthy of being read twice. [Lat., Saepe stilum vertas, iterum quae digna legi sint Scripturus.]
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Authorship Care Write
How slight and insignificant is the thing which casts down or restores a mind greedy for praise.
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Greedy Mind Praise
There is no such thing as perfect happiness.
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Perfect Perfect Happiness
Flames too soon acquire strength if disregarded.
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Acquire Flames Strength
It is the false shame of fools to try to conceal wounds that have not healed.
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Exercise Health Try
Money, as it increases, becomes either the master or the slave of ts owner.
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Increase Money Owner Slave
Aiming at brevity, I become obscure.
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Aim Brevity Obscure
I have erected amonument more lasting than bronze.
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Appreciation Bronze Country People
Let him who has enough ask for nothing more.
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Ask Enough Sufficiency
In a moment comes either death or joyful victory. [Lat., Horae Momento cita mors venit aut victoria laeta.]
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Joyful Moment Victory
The populace may hiss me, but when I go home and think of my money, I applaud myself.
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Home May Think
What do sad complaints avail if the offense is not cut down by punishment.
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Anger Cut Punishment
Not to be lost in idle admiration is the only sure means of making and preserving happiness.
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Admiration Lost Mean
He who has begun has half done. Dare to be wise -begin!
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Motivational Positive Wise
A good scare is worth more than good advice.
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Advice Funny Simple Life
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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Circumstances Endeavor Myself
A good resolve will make any port.
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Adversity Port Resolve
There is a middle ground in things.
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Ground Latin Middle
Force without judgement falls on its own weight.
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Fall Peace War

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