Horace quotes - page 6

'Tis not sufficient to combine Well-chosen words in a well-ordered line. (Horace)
Tommorrow we will be back on the vast ocean. View quote
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It's a good thing to be foolishly gay once in a while. View quote
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Don't think, just do. View quote
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Pale death with an impartial foot knocks at the hovels of the poor and the palaces of king. View quote
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No verse can give pleasure for long, nor last, that is written by drinkers of water. View quote
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He has the deed half done who has made a beginning. View quote
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Time will bring to light whatever is hidden; it will cover up and conceal what is now shining in splendor. View quote
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What is to prevent one from telling truth as he laughs, even as teachers sometimes give cookies to children to coax them into learning their A B C? View quote
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Never despair... View quote
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Ah, Postumus! they fleet away, Our years, nor piety one hour Can win from wrinkles and decay, And Death's indomitable power. (Horace)
Sky, not spirit, do they change, those who cross the sea. View quote
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He is armed without who is innocent within, be this thy screen, and this thy wall of brass. View quote
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Money is a handmaiden, if thou knowest how to use it; a mistress, if thou knowest not. View quote
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He gains everyone's approval who mixes the pleasant with the useful. View quote
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He has won every vote who mingles profit with pleasure, by delighting and instructing the reader at the same time. View quote
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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. View quote
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A good and faithful judge prefers what is right to what is expedient. View quote
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In vain did Nature's wife command Divide the waters from the land, If daring ships and men profane, Invade th' inviolable main. View quote
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Enjoy the present smiling hour, And put it out of Fortune's power. View quote
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Help a man against his will and you do the same as murder him. (Horace)
In times of stress, be bold and valiant. View quote
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In the word of no master am I bound to believe. View quote
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If it is well with your belly, chest and feet - the wealth of kings can't give you more. View quote
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Who then is free The wise who can command his passions, who fears not want, nor death, nor chains, firmly resisting his appetites and despising the honors of the world, who relies wholly on himself, whose angular points of character have all been ro. View quote
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