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Quotes by Horace
“The man is either mad, or he is making verses.”
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“Make a good use of the present.”
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“The disgrace of others often keeps tender minds from vice.”
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“It is of no consequence of what parents a man is born, as long as he be a man of merit.”
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“Words will not fail when the matter is well considered.”
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“Labor diligently to increase your property.”
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“Good sense is both the first principal and the parent source of good writing.”
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“Mountains will go into labour, and a silly little mouse will be born.”
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“Lawyers are men who hire out their words and anger.”
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“In adversity remember to keep an even mind.”
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“Adversity reveals genius, prosperity conceals it.”
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“If you would have me weep, you must first of all feel grief yourself.”
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“Whoever cultivates the golden mean avoids both the poverty of a hovel and the envy of a palace.”
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“The power of daring anything their fancy suggest, as always been conceded to the painter and the poet.”
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“Pale Death beats equally at the poor man's gate and at the palaces of kings.”
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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.”
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“You may drive out nature with a pitchfork, yet she'll be constantly running back.”
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“I strive to be brief but I become obscure.”
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“To have a great man for a friend seems pleasant to those who have never tried it; those who have, fear it.”
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