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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.
- Horace
#Common
#Fault
#Friends
#Never
#Will
The power of daring anything their fancy suggest, as always been conceded to the painter and the poet.
- Horace
#Always
#Anything
#Fancy
#Poet
#Power
A word, once sent abroad, flies irrevocably.
- Horace
#Abroad
#Flies
#Once
#Sent
#Word
No verse can give pleasure for long, nor last, that is written by drinkers of water.
- Horace
#Give
#Last
#Long
#Pleasure
#Water
Every old poem is sacred.
- Horace
#Every
#Old
#Poem
#Sacred
Refrain from asking what going to happen tomorrow, and everyday that fortune grants you, count as gain.
- Horace
#Fortune
#Gain
#Going
#Happen
#Tomorrow
We are free to yield to truth.
- Horace
#Free
#Truth
#Yield
If matters go badly now, they will not always be so.
- Horace
#Always
#Go
#Matters
#Now
#Will
Usually the modest person passes for someone reserved, the silent for a sullen person.
- Horace
#Person
#Reserved
#Silent
#Someone
He tosses aside his paint-pots and his words a foot and a half long.
- Horace
#Foot
#Half
#He
#Long
#Words
If a man's fortune does not fit him, it is like the shoe in the story; if too large it trips him up, if too small it pinches him.
- Horace
#Fortune
#Large
#Man
#Story
#Up
The disgrace of others often keeps tender minds from vice.
- Horace
#Disgrace
#Often
#Others
#Tender
#Vice
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.
- Horace
#Darkness
#Door
#Road
#Strange
#Through
#Travel
A good and faithful judge ever prefers the honorable to the expedient.
- Horace
#Ever
#Faithful
#Good
#Honorable
#Judge
A host is like a general: calamities often reveal his genius.
- Horace
#General
#Genius
#Host
#Like
#Reveal
O imitators, you slavish herd!
- Horace
#Herd
#Imitators
#Slavish
#You
I teach that all men are mad.
- Horace
#Mad
#Men
#Teach
It is your business when the wall next door catches fire.
- Horace
#Business
#Door
#Fire
#Next
#Your
Avoid inquisitive persons, for they are sure to be gossips, their ears are open to hear, but they will not keep what is entrusted to them.
- Horace
#Avoid
#Hear
#Keep
#Open
#Will
The man is either mad, or he is making verses.
- Horace
#Either
#He
#Mad
#Making
#Man
Poets wish to profit or to please.
- Horace
#Please
#Poets
#Profit
#Wish
I never think at all when I write. Nobody can do two things at the same time and do them both well.
- Horace
#Never
#Nobody
#Things
#Time
#Two
It is of no consequence of what parents a man is born, as long as he be a man of merit.
- Horace
#Be A Man
#Born
#Long
#Man
#Parents
Words will not fail when the matter is well considered.
- Horace
#Fail
#Matter
#Well
#Will
#Words
Choose a subject equal to your abilities; think carefully what your shoulders may refuse, and what they are capable of bearing.
- Horace
#Capable
#Choose
#Equal
#Shoulders
#Your
It's a good thing to be foolishly gay once in a while.
- Horace
#Gay
#Good
#Once
#Thing
#While
Make a good use of the present.
- Horace
#Good
#Make
#Present
#Use
He has not lived badly whose birth and death has been unnoticed by the world.
- Horace
#Birth
#Death
#He
#Lived
#World
He is armed without who is innocent within, be this thy screen, and this thy wall of brass.
- Horace
#He
#Innocent
#Who
#Within
#Without
While fools shun one set of faults they run into the opposite one.
- Horace
#Faults
#Fools
#Opposite
#Set
#While
It is no great art to say something briefly when, like Tacitus, one has something to say; when one has nothing to say, however, and none the less writes a whole book and makes truth into a liar - that I call an achievement.
- Horace
#Achievement
#Art
#Great
#Liar
#Truth
I hate the irreverent rabble and keep them far from me.
- Horace
#Far
#Hate
#Keep
#Me
#Them
Subdue your passion or it will subdue you.
- Horace
#Passion
#Subdue
#Will
#You
#Your
To have a great man for a friend seems pleasant to those who have never tried it; those who have, fear it.
- Horace
#Fear
#Great Man
#Great
#Man
#Never
A shoe that is too large is apt to trip one, and when too small, to pinch the feet. So it is with those whose fortune does not suit them.
- Horace
#Feet
#Fortune
#Large
#Small
#Suit
You traverse the world in search of happiness, which is within the reach of every man. A contented mind confers it on all.
- Horace
#Happiness
#Man
#Mind
#Search
#World
Suffering is but another name for the teaching of experience, which is the parent of instruction and the schoolmaster of life.
- Horace
#Experience
#Life
#Name
#Suffering
#Which
Few cross the river of time and are able to reach non-being. Most of them run up and down only on this side of the river. But those who when they know the law follow the path of the law, they shall reach the other shore and go beyond the realm of death.
- Horace
#Death
#Law
#Path
#River
#Time
Why harass with eternal purposes a mind to weak to grasp them?
- Horace
#Eternal
#Mind
#Them
#Weak
#Why
One wanders to the left, another to the right. Both are equally in error, but, are seduced by different delusions.
- Horace
#Both
#Different
#Error
#Left
#Right
He gains everyone's approval who mixes the pleasant with the useful.
- Horace
#Approval
#Everyone
#He
#Pleasant
#Useful
Why do you hasten to remove anything which hurts your eye, while if something affects your soul you postpone the cure until next year?
- Horace
#Anything
#Eye
#Next
#Soul
#Why
You must avoid sloth, that wicked siren.
- Horace
#Avoid
#Must
#Siren
#Sloth
#Wicked
Money is a handmaiden, if thou knowest how to use it; a mistress, if thou knowest not.
- Horace
#How
#Mistress
#Money
#Thou
#Use
It is the false shame of fools to try to conceal wounds that have not healed.
- Horace
#False
#Moving On
#Shame
#Try
#Wounds
Only a stomach that rarely feels hungry scorns common things.
- Horace
#Common
#Hungry
#Only
#Stomach
#Things
The lofty pine is oftenest shaken by the winds; High towers fall with a heavier crash; And the lightning strikes the highest mountain.
- Horace
#Fall
#High
#Lightning
#Mountain
#Pine
In adversity remember to keep an even mind.
- Horace
#Adversity
#Even
#Keep
#Mind
#Remember
Clogged with yesterday's excess, the body drags the mind down with it.
- Horace
#Body
#Down
#Excess
#Mind
#Yesterday
Whatever advice you give, be short.
- Horace
#Advice
#Give
#Short
#Whatever
#You
Mountains will go into labour, and a silly little mouse will be born.
- Horace
#Born
#Go
#Labour
#Mouse
#Will
We rarely find anyone who can say he has lived a happy life, and who, content with his life, can retire from the world like a satisfied guest.
- Horace
#Find
#Happy
#Life
#Satisfied
#World
A portion of mankind take pride in their vices and pursue their purpose; many more waver between doing what is right and complying with what is wrong.
- Horace
#Doing
#Mankind
#Pride
#Purpose
#Wrong
The envious man grows lean at the success of his neighbor.
- Horace
#Brainy
#Lean
#Man
#Neighbor
#Success
Once a word has been allowed to escape, it cannot be recalled.
- Horace
#Been
#Cannot
#Escape
#Once
#Word
Sad people dislike the happy, and the happy the sad; the quick thinking the sedate, and the careless the busy and industrious.
- Horace
#Busy
#Happy
#People
#Sad
#Thinking
The one who cannot restrain their anger will wish undone, what their temper and irritation prompted them to do.
- Horace
#Anger
#Cannot
#Temper
#Who
#Will
#Wish
Let your literary compositions be kept from the public eye for nine years at least.
- Horace
#Eye
#Least
#Public
#Years
#Your
No poems can please for long or live that are written by water drinkers.
- Horace
#Live
#Long
#Please
#Poetry
#Water
Good sense is both the first principal and the parent source of good writing.
- Horace
#First
#Good
#Principal
#Sense
#Source
When things are steep, remember to stay level-headed.
- Horace
#Remember
#Stay
#Steep
#Things
The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes.
- Horace
#Know
#Lesson
#Life
#Right
#Sometimes
Lawyers are men who hire out their words and anger.
- Horace
#Anger
#Lawyers
#Men
#Who
#Words
Knowledge without education is but armed injustice.
- Horace
#Education
#Injustice
#Knowledge
#Without
Your own safety is at stake when your neighbor's wall is ablaze.
- Horace
#Neighbor
#Own
#Safety
#Stake
#Your
He who postpones the hour of living is like the rustic who waits for the river to run out before he crosses.
- Horace
#He
#Like
#Living
#River
#Rustic
Who then is free? The wise man who can command himself.
- Horace
#Command
#Free
#Man
#Wise Man
#Wise
We are often deterred from crime by the disgrace of others.
- Horace
#Deterred
#Disgrace
#Often
#Others
In labouring to be concise, I become obscure.
- Horace
#Become
#Concise
#Labouring
#Obscure
It is when I struggle to be brief that I become obscure.
- Horace
#Become
#Brief
#Obscure
#Struggle
He has the deed half done who has made a beginning.
- Horace
#Beginning
#Done
#Half
#He
#Who
We are just statistics, born to consume resources.
- Horace
#Born
#Just
#Resources
#Statistics
Time will bring to light whatever is hidden; it will cover up and conceal what is now shining in splendor.
- Horace
#Hidden
#Light
#Time
#Whatever
#Will
I strive to be brief but I become obscure.
- Horace
#Become
#Brief
#Obscure
#Strive
Fidelity is the sister of justice.
- Horace
#Fidelity
#Justice
#Sister
Labor diligently to increase your property.
- Horace
#Increase
#Labor
#Property
#Your
Great effort is required to arrest decay and restore vigor. One must exercise proper deliberation, plan carefully before making a move, and be alert in guarding against relapse following a renaissance.
- Horace
#Effort
#Exercise
#Great
#Renaissance
If you would have me weep, you must first of all feel grief yourself.
- Horace
#Feel
#First
#Grief
#Me
#Yourself
The foolish are like ripples on water, For whatsoever they do is quickly effaced; But the righteous are like carvings upon stone, For their smallest act is durable.
- Horace
#Act
#Foolish
#Like
#Stone
#Water
Life is largely a matter of expectation.
- Horace
#Expectation
#Largely
#Life
#Matter
Wisdom is not wisdom when it is derived from books alone.
- Horace
#Alone
#Books
#Derived
#Wisdom
A heart well prepared for adversity in bad times hopes, and in good times fears for a change in fortune.
- Horace
#Change
#Good Times
#Good
#Heart
#Wisdom
Life grants nothing to us mortals without hard work.
- Horace
#Hard Work
#Hard
#Life
#Nothing
#Work
It is your concern when your neighbor's wall is on fire.
- Horace
#Concern
#Fire
#Neighbor
#Wall
#Your
He who would begun has half done. Dare to be wise; begin.
- Horace
#Dare
#Done
#Half
#He
#Wise
A word once uttered can never be recalled.
- Horace
#Never
#Once
#Recalled
#Uttered
#Word
It is courage, courage, courage, that raises the blood of life to crimson splendor. Live bravely and present a brave front to adversity.
- Horace
#Adversity
#Brave
#Courage
#Life
#Live
Cease to inquire what the future has in store, and take as a gift whatever the day brings forth.
- Horace
#Day
#Future
#Gift
#Take
#Whatever
You may drive out nature with a pitchfork, yet she'll be constantly running back.
- Horace
#Back
#Drive
#May
#Nature
#She
Pale death, with impartial step, knocks at the hut of the poor and the towers of kings.
- Horace
#Death
#Hut
#Kings
#Poor
#Step
Begin, be bold and venture to be wise.
- Horace
#Begin
#Bold
#Venture
#Wise
Adversity reveals genius, prosperity conceals it.
- Horace
#Adversity
#Genius
#Prosperity
#Reveals
Remember when life's path is steep to keep your mind even.
- Horace
#Keep
#Life
#Mind
#Path
#Remember
Mix a little foolishness with your serious plans. It is lovely to be silly at the right moment.
- Horace
#Moment
#Plans
#Right
#Serious
#Your
Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents, which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant.
- Horace
#Adversity
#Circumstances
#Talents
#Would
Nothing's beautiful from every point of view.
- Horace
#Beautiful
#Nothing
#Point Of View
#View
Don't think, just do.
- Horace
#Just
#Motivational
#Think
What we learn only through the ears makes less impression upon our minds than what is presented to the trustworthy eye.
- Horace
#Eye
#Impression
#Learn
#Through
#Trust
Seize the day, and put the least possible trust in tomorrow.
- Horace
#Day
#Least
#Possible
#Tomorrow
#Trust
Pale Death beats equally at the poor man's gate and at the palaces of kings.
- Horace
#Death
#Gate
#Kings
#Man
#Poor
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