Horace Quotes, Men Quotes, Favour Quotes

To the inexperienced it is a pleasant thing to court the favour of the great; an experienced man fears it.

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I am not what I once was. [Lat., Non sum qualis eram.]

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I, too, am indignant when the worthy Homer nods; yet in a long work it is allowable for sleep to creep over the writer. [Lat., Et idem Indignor quandoque bonus dormitat Homerus; Verum opere longo fas est obrepere somnum.]

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To grow a philosopher's beard.

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I hate the irreverent rabble and keep them far from me.

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Nothing is swifter than rumor.

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My cares and my inquiries are for decency and truth, and in this I am wholly occupied.

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Happy the man, and happy he alone, he who can call today his own: he who, secure within, can say, tomorrow do thy worst, for I have lived today. Be fair or foul or rain or shine, the joys I have possessed, in spite of fate, are mine. Not Heaven itself upon the past has power, but what has been, has been, and I have had my hour.

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In the word of no master am I bound to believe.

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Sweet and glorious it is to die for our country.

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If a better system's thine, Impart it frankly, or make use of mine.

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Sorrowful words become the sorrowful; angry words suit the passionate; light words a playful expression; serious words suit the grave. [Lat., Tristia maestum Vultum verba decent; iratum, plena minarum; Ludentem, lasciva: severum, seria dictu.]

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Fierce eagles breed not the tender dove.

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It is a sweet and seemly thing to die for one's country.

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He who feared that he would not succeed sat still.

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It is your concern when your neighbor's wall is on fire.

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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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Only a stomach that rarely feels hungry scorns common things.

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What exile from his country is able to escape from himself?

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Think to yourself that every day is your last; the hour to which you do not look forward will come as a welcome surprise.

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