Horace quotes - page 8

Acquittal of the guilty damns the judge. (Horace)
No one is content with his own lot. View quote
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He who has made it a practice to lie and deceive his father, will be the most daring in deceiving others. View quote
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Boy, I loathe Persian luxury. View quote
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Who knows if the gods above will add tomorrow's span to this day's sum? View quote
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We set up harsh and unkind rules against ourselves. No one is born without faults. View quote
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Be ever on your guard what you say of anybody and to whom. View quote
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Though you drive Nature out with a pitchfork, she will still find her way back. View quote
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The cook cares not a bit for toil, toil, if the fowl be plump and fat. View quote
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When you introduce a moral lesson, let it be brief. View quote
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The one who prosperity takes too much delight in will be the most shocked by reverses. (Horace)
Let this be your wall of brass, to have nothing on your conscience, no guilt to make you turn pale. View quote
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My liver swells with bile difficult to repress. View quote
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You must often make erasures if you mean to write what is worthy of being read a second time and don't labor for the admiration of the crowd, but be content with a few choice readers. View quote
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If a better system is thine, impart it if not, make use of mine. View quote
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Many heroes lived before Agamemnon but all are unknown and unwept, extinguished in everlasting night, because they have no spirited chronicler. View quote
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From the egg to the apple. View quote
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Think of the wonders uncorked by wine It opens secrets, gives heart to our hopes, pushes the cowardly into battle, lifts the load from anxious minds, and evokes talents. Thanks to the bottle's prompting no one is lost for words, no one who's cramped by poverty fails to find release. View quote
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He that has given today may, if he so please, take away tomorrow. View quote
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Painters and poets, you say, have always had an equal license in bold invention. We know we claim the liberty for ourselves and in turn we give it to others. View quote
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Tear thyself from delay. (Horace)
Does he council you better who bids you, ''Money, by right means, if you can but by any means, make money. View quote
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The secret of all good writing is sound judgment. View quote
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He who is upright in his way of life and free from sin. View quote
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I shall not wholly die, and a great part of me will escape the grave. View quote
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