Horace Quotes, Thinking Quotes, Sorrow Quotes

Let hopes and sorrows, fears and angers be, And think each day that dawns the last you'll see; For so the hour that greets you unforeseen Will bring with it enjoyment twice as keen.

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Scribblers are a self-conceited and self-worshipping race.

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A hungry stomach rarely despises common food.

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Fire, if neglected, will soon gain strength.

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Not to create confusion in what is clear, but to throw light on what is obscure.

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Those who seek for much are left in want of much. Happy is he to whom God has given, with sparing hand, as much as is enough.

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What may not be altered is made lighter by patience.

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Who has self-confidence will lead the rest.

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As a neighboring funeral terrifies sick misers, and fear obliges them to have some regard for themselves; so, the disgrace of others will often deter tender minds from vice.

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Drawing is the true test of art.

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While we're talking, envious time is fleeing: pluck the day, put no trust in the future

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I hate the uncultivated crowd and keep them at a distance. Favour me by your tongues (keep silence). [Lat., Odi profanum vulgus et arceo. Favete linguis.]

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It is not the rich man you should properly call happy, but him who knows how to use with wisdom the blessings of the gods, to endure hard poverty, and who fears dishonor worse than death, and is not afraid to die for cherished friends or fatherland.

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The trainer trains the docile horse to turn, with his sensitive neck, whichever way the rider indicates.

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The bowl dispels corroding cares.

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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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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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What can be found equal to modesty, uncorrupt faith, the sister of justice, and undisguised truth?

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Whenever monarchs err, the people are punished. [Lat., Quidquid delirant reges, plectuntur Achivi.]

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Be not for ever harassed by impotent desire.

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