Horace Quotes
Quintus Horatius Flaccus, known in the English-speaking world as Horace, was the leading Roman lyric poet during the time of Augustus.
(65 BC - 8 BC)
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A good and faithful judge ever prefers the honorable to the expedient.
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A heart well prepared for adversity in bad times hopes, and in good times fears for a change in fortune.
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A host is like a general: calamities often reveal his genius.
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A picture is a poem without words.
[Art]
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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.
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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.
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A word once uttered can never be recalled.
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Abridge your hopes in proportion to the shortness of the span of human life; for while we converse, the hours, as if envious of our pleasure, fly away; enjoy therefore the present time, and trust not too much to what tomorrow may produce.
[Present]
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Acquittal of the guilty damns the judge.
[Justice]
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Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents, which, in prosperous circumstances, would have lain dormant.
[Adversity]
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Adversity reveals genius, prosperity conceals it.
[Adversity]
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Always keep your composure. You can't score from the penalty box; and to win, you have to score.
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And may I live the remainder of my life ... for myself; may there be plenty of books and many years' store of the fruits of the earth!
[Happiness]
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Anger is a short madness.
[Anger]
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Anger is momentary madness, so control your passion or it will control you.
[Anger]
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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.
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Begin, be bold and venture to be wise.
[Begin]
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Busy not yourself in looking forward to the events of tomorrow, but those of the days which Providence may assign you neglect not to turn to advantage.
[Present]
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Cease to inquire what the future has in store, and take as a gift whatever the day brings forth.
[The Future]
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