Horace Quotes, Carpe Diem Quotes, Green Fields Quotes

Remember you must die whether you sit about moping all day long or whether on feast days you stretch out in a green field, happy with a bottle of Falernian from your innermost cellar.

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Busy not yourself in looking forward to the events of to-morrow; but whatever may be those of the days Providence may yet assign you neglect not to turn them to advantage.

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Who is a good man? He who keeps the decrees of the fathers, and both human and divine laws. [Lat., Vir bonus est quis? Qui consulta patrum, qui leges juraque servat.]

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

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Who guides below, and rules above, The great disposer, and the mighty king; Than He none greater, next Him none, That can be, is, or was.

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Most virtue lies between two vices.

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Who loves the golden mean is safe from the poverty of a tenement, is free from the envy of a palace. [Lat., Auream quisquis mediocritatem deligit tutus caret obsoleti sordibus tecti, caret invidenda sobrius aula.]

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Money is to be sought for first of all; virtue after wealth. [Lat., Quaerenda pecunia primum est; virtus post nummos.]

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Unless the vessel be pure, everything which is poured into it will turn sour.

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Decus et pretium recte petit experiens vir. The man who makes the attempt justly aims at honour and reward.

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A person will gain everyone's approval if he mixes the pleasant with the useful.

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Forgetful of thy tomb thou buildest houses.

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Choose a subject equal to your abilities; think carefully what your shoulders may refuse, and what they are capable of bearing.

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I have reared a memorial more enduring than brass, and loftier than the regal structure of the pyramids, which neither the corroding shower nor the powerless north wind can destroy; no, not even unending years nor the flight of time itself. I shall not entirely die. The greater part of me shall escape oblivion.

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The mad is either insane or he is composing verses.

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Anger is momentary madness, so control your passion or it will control you.

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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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Pry not into the affairs of others, and keep secret that which has been entrusted to you, though sorely tempted by wine and passion.

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Despise not sweet inviting love-making nor the merry dance.

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Take subject matter equal to your powers, and ponder long, what your shoulders cannot bear, and what they can.

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