Horace Quotes, Victory Quotes, Moments Quotes

In a moment comes either death or joyful victory. [Lat., Horae Momento cita mors venit aut victoria laeta.]

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Blend a little folly with thy worldly plans: it is delightful to give loose on a proper occasion.

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There is no retracing our steps.

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He despises what he sought; and he seeks that which he lately threw away. [Lat., Quod petit spernit, repetit quod nuper omisit.]

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The grammarians are arguing.

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In adversity be spirited and firm, and with equal prudence lessen your sail when filled with a too fortunate gale of prosperity.

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Ye who write, choose a subject suited to your abilities. [Lat., Sumite materiam vestris, qui scribitis, aequam Viribus.]

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With self-discipline most anything is possible. Theodore Roosevelt Rule your mind or it will rule you.

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If anything affects your eye, you hasten to have it removed; if anything affects your mind, you postpone the cure for a year. [Lat., Quae laedunt oculum festinas demere; si quid Est animum, differs curandi tempus in annum.]

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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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You have played enough; you have eaten and drunk enough. Now it is time for you to depart.

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He, who has blended the useful with the sweet, has gained every point .

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I prayed only for a small piece of land, a garden, an ever-flowing spring, and bit of woods.

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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.

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The jackdaw, stript of her stolen colours, provokes our laughter.

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The short span of life forbids us to spin out hope to any length. Soon will night be upon you, and the fabled Shades, and the shadowy Plutonian home.

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Take heed lest you stumble.

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There are lessons to be learned from a stupid man.

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Gold delights to walk through the very midst of the guard, and to break its way through hard rocks, more powerful in its blow than lightning.

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Live mindful of how brief your life is.

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