Horace Quotes, Reality Quotes, Order Quotes

The aim of the poet is to inform or delight, or to combine together, in what he says, both pleasure and applicability to life. In instructing, be brief in what you say in order that your readers may grasp it quickly and retain it faithfully. Superfluous words simply spill out when the mind is already full. Fiction invented in order to please should remain close to reality.

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

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The illustration which solves one difficulty by raising another, settles nothing. [Lat., Nil agit exemplum, litem quod lite resolvit.]

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In truth it is best to learn wisdom, and abandoning all nonsense, to leave it to boys to enjoy their season of play and mirth.

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In neglected fields the fern grows, which must be cleared out by fire.

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Lawyers are men who hire out their words and anger.

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If you drive nature out with a pitchfork, she will soon find a way back.

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Make a good use of the present.

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Money, make money; by honest means if you can; if not, by any means make money. [Lat., Rem facias rem, Recte si possis, si non, quocumque modo rem.]

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What may not be altered is made lighter by patience.

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Our years Glide silently away. No tears, No loving orisons repair The wrinkled cheek, the whitening hair That drop forgotten to the tomb.

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

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Youth is unduly busy with pampering the outer person.

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Carpe diem. (Seize the day.)

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

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Few cross the river of time and are able to reach non-being. Most of them run up and down only on this side of the river. But those who when they know the law follow the path of the law, they shall reach the other shore and go beyond the realm of death.

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The grammarians are arguing.

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Whom has not the inspiring bowl made eloquent? [Lat., Foecundi calices quem non fecere disertum.]

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When I struggle to be terse, I end by being obscure.

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The brave are born from the brave and good. In steers and in horses is to be found the excellence of their sire; nor do savage eagles produce a peaceful dove.

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