Horace Quotes, Life Quotes, Past Quotes

Content with his past life, let him take leave of life like a satiated guest.

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Pale death with an impartial foot knocks at the hovels of the poor and the palaces of king.

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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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In hard times, no less than in prosperity, preserve equanimity.

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When you introduce a moral lesson, let it be brief.

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And yet more bright Shines out the Julian star, As moon outglows each lesser light. [Lat., Micat inter omnes Iulium sidus, velut inter ignes Luna minores.]

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What it is forbidden to be put right becomes lighter by acceptance.

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Cease to ask what the morrow will bring forth, and set down as gain each day that fortune grants.

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Books have their destinies.

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To please great men is not the last degree of praise.

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The ear of the bridled horse is in the mouth.

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We set up harsh and unkind rules against ourselves. No one is born without faults. That man is best who has fewest.

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Clogged with yesterday's excess, the body drags the mind down with it.

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Carpe diem! Rejoice while you are alive; enjoy the day; live life to the fullest; make the most of what you have. It is later than you think.

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A noble pair of brothers. [Lat., Par nobile fratum.]

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Wine unlocks the breast.

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Don't long for the unripe grape.

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The cask will long retain the flavour of the wine with which it was first seasoned.

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In Rome you long for the country. In the country you praise to the skies the distant town.

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Nor let a god come in, unless the difficulty be worthy of such an intervention. [Lat., Nec deus intersit nisi dignus vindice nodus.]

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