Horace Quotes

Splendidly mendacious. [Lat., Splendide mendax.]

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In the midst of hopes and cares, of apprehensions and of disquietude, regard every day that dawns upon you as if it was to be your last; then super-added hours, to the enjoyment of which you had not looked forward, will prove an acceptable boon.

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The mountains are in labour, the birth will be an absurd little mouse.

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Damnosa quid non imminuit dies? What does not destructive time destroy?

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To teach is to delight.

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The impartial earth opens alike for the child of the pauper and the king.

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Let your character be kept up the very end, just as it began, and so be consistent.

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Nothing is achieved without toil.

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You traverse the world in search of happiness which is within the reach of every man. A contented mind confers it on all.

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He is not poor who has the use of necessary things. [Lat., Pauper enim non est cui rerum suppetet usus.]

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The foolish are like ripples on water, For whatsoever they do is quickly effaced; But the righteous are like carvings upon stone, For their smallest act is durable.

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Wine brings to light the hidden secrets of the soul, gives being to our hopes, bids the coward flight, drives dull care away, and teaches new means for the accomplishment of our wishes.

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The years as they pass plunder us of one thing after another.

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If you are only an underling, don't dress too fine.

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I court not the votes of the fickle mob.

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Of what use are laws, inoperative through public immortality? [Lat., Quid leges sine moribus Vanae proficiunt?]

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What it is forbidden to be put right becomes lighter by acceptance.

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Come boy, and pour for me a cup Of old Falernian. Fill it up With wine, strong, sparkling, bright, and clear; Our host decrees no water here. Let dullards drink the Nymph's pale brew, The sluggish thin their blood with dew. For such pale stuff we have no use; For us the purple grape's rich juice. Begone, ye chilling water sprite; Here burning Bacchus rules tonight! Catullus, Selections From Catullus No poems can live long or please that are written by water-drinkers.

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It is not permitted that we should know everything.

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When a man is pleased with the lot of others, he is dissatisfied with his own, as a matter of course.

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