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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.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Horace Quotes , Men Quotes , Blessing Quotes
  • He, that holds fast the golden mean, And lives contentedly between The little and the great, Feels not the wants that pinch the poor, Nor plagues that haunt the rich man's door, Imbitt'ring all his state.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Horace Quotes , Mean Quotes , Men Quotes
  • He who postpones the hour of living as he ought, is like the rustic who waits for the river to pass along (before he crosses); but it glides on and will glide forever. [Lat., Vivendi recte qui prorogat horam Rusticus expectat dum defluat amnis; at ille Labitur et labetur in omne volubilis aevum.]
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Horace Quotes , Life Quotes , Rivers Quotes