Horace Quotes, Life Quotes, Rivers 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.]

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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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We are more speedily and fatally corrupted by domestic examples of vice, and particularly when they are impressed on our minds as from authority.

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Nothing is swifter than rumor.

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You traverse the world in search of happiness which is within the reach of every man. A contented mind confers it on all.

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Even in animals there exists the spirit of their sires.

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A leech that will not quit the skin until sated with blood.

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It is no easy matter to say commonplace things in an original way.

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Happy the man who, removed from all cares of business, after the manner of his forefathers cultivates with his own team his paternal acres, freed from all thought of usury.

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He who speaks ill of an absent friend, or fails to take his part if attacked by another, that man is a scoundrel.

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The fellow is either a madman or a poet.

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A jest often decides matters of importance more effectively and happily than seriousness.

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Luck cannot change birth.

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Thus one thing requires assistance from another, and joins in friendly help.

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When putting words together is good to do it with nicety and caution, your elegance and talent will be evident if by putting ordinary words together you create a new voice.

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The gods have given you wealth and the means of enjoying it.

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The mad is either insane or he is composing verses.

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If you study the history and records of the world you must admit that the source of justice was the fear of injustice.

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What prevents a man's speaking good sense with a smile on his face?

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The muse does not allow the praise-de-serving here to die: she enthrones him in the heavens.

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