Horace Quotes, Writing Quotes, Foundation Quotes

Knowledge is the foundation and source of good writing. [Lat., Scibendi recte sapere est et principium et fons.]

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No man ever reached to excellence in any one art or profession without having passed through the slow and painful process of study and preparation.

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Who then is free? The wise man who can govern himself.

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The tendency of humanity is towards the forbidden.

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Whatever you advise, be as brief as possible.

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Nothing's beautiful from every point of view.

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With equal pace, impartial Fate Knocks at the palace, as the cottage gate.

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Youth is unduly busy with pampering the outer person.

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Be brief, that the mind may catch thy precepts, and the more easily retain them.

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It makes a great difference whether Davus or a hero speaks.

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The more a man denies himself, the more shall he obtain from God.

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The ear of the bridled horse is in the mouth.

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Be not for ever harassed by impotent desire.

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When a man is just and firm in his purpose, The citizens burning to approve a wrong Or the frowning looks of a tyrant Do not shake his fixed mind, nor the Southwind. Wild lord of the uneasy Adriatic, Nor the thunder in the mighty hand of Jove: Should the heavens crack and tumble down, As the ruins crushed him he would not fear.

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Misfortunes, untoward events, lay open, disclose the skill of a general, while success conceals his weakness, his weak points.

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For example, the tiny ant, a creature of great industry, drags with its mouth whatever it can, and adds it to the heap which she is piling up, not unaware nor careless of the future.

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The glory is for those who deserve.

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

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Catch the opportunity while it lasts, and rely not on what the morrow may bring.

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He has half the deed done who has made a beginning.

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