Horace quotes - page 10

The mind enamored with deceptive things, declines things better. (Horace)
If the world should break and fall on him, it would strike him fearless. View quote
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Now drown care in wine. View quote
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Saepe stilum vertas, iterum quae digna legi sint scripturus. Often must you turn your pencil to erase, if you hope to write something worth a second reading. View quote
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Life grants nothing to us mortals without hard work. Life has given nothing to mortals without great labor. View quote
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Nor word for word too faithfully translate. View quote
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The disgrace of others often keeps tender minds from vice. View quote
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I never think at all when I write. Nobody can do two things at the same time and do them both well. View quote
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Strange - is it not? That of the myriads who Before us passed the door of Darkness through, Not one returns to tell us of the road Which to discover we must travel too. View quote
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The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes. View quote
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O imitators, you slavish herd! (Horace)
The pen is the tongue of the mind. View quote
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In labouring to be concise, I become obscure. View quote
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Cease to inquire what the future has in store, and take as a gift whatever the day brings forth. View quote
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Always keep your composure. You can't score from the penalty box; and to win, you have to score. View quote
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Your own safety is at stake when your neighbor's wall is ablaze. View quote
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This is a fault common to all singers, that among their friends they will never sing when they are asked; unasked, they will never desist. View quote
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Suffering is but another name for the teaching of experience, which is the parent of instruction and the schoolmaster of life. View quote
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Often must you turn your pencil to erase, if you hope to write something worth a second reading. View quote
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Mountains will be in labour, and the birth will be an absurd little mouse. View quote
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There is need of brevity, that the thought may run on. (Horace)
It is hard to utter common notions in an individual way. View quote
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In Rome you long for the country in the country oh inconstant you praise the distant city to the stars. View quote
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Seize the day. View quote
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You have played enough you have eaten and drunk enough. Now it is time for you to depart. View quote
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