Horace Quotes

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• Be modest in speech, but excel in action.

  Horace

  Speech, Action, Modest

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• What may not be altered is made lighter by patience.

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  Patience, May, Made

  Horace (1903). “Horace for English Readers: Being a Translation of the Poems of Quintus Horatius Flaccus Into English Prose”

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• Carpe diem! Rejoice while you are alive; enjoy the day; live life to the fullest; make the most of what you have. It is later than you think.

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  Inspirational, Life, Positive

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• Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which, in prosperous circumstances, would have lain dormant.

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  Inspirational, Positive, Success

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• A word once let out of the cage cannot be whistled back again.

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  Wise, Wisdom, Cages

  Horace (1903). “Horace for English Readers: Being a Translation of the Poems of Quintus Horatius Flaccus Into English Prose”

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• No man ever reached to excellence in any one art or profession without having passed through the slow and painful process of study and preparation.

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  Art, Men, Psychology

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• Rule your mind or it will rule you.

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  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• Remember to keep the mind calm in difficult moments.

  Horace

  Latin, Mind, Calm

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• Dare to begin! He who postpones living rightly is like the rustic who waits for the river to run out before he crosses.

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  Running, Courage, Procrastination

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• Money, as it increases, becomes either the master or the slave of ts owner.

  Horace

  Money, Slave, Increase

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• Take as a gift whatever the day brings forth.

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  Thankful, Future

  "Carmina". Book by Horace, I. 9. 13, 13 BC.

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• Mix a little foolishness with your serious plans. It is lovely to be silly at the right moment.

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  Love, Inspirational, Happiness

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• Help a man against his will and you do the same as murder him.

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  Men, Charity, Helping

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• As a rule, adversity reveals genius and prosperity hides it

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  Failure, Adversity, Genius

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• Who has self-confidence will lead the rest.

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  Confidence, Self Confidence, Self

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• In times of stress, be bold and valiant.

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  Courage, Stress, Adversity

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• He will always be a slave who does not know how to live upon a little.

  Horace

  Life, Doe, Littles

  "Epistles". Book by Horace, 20 BC.

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• The common people are but ill judges of a man's merits; they are slaves to fame, and their eyes are dazzled with the pomp of titles and large retinue. No wonder, then, that they bestow their honors on those who least deserve them.

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  Eye, Men, People

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• Keep clear of courts: a homely life transcends The vaunted bliss of monarchs and their friends.

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  Kings, Bliss, Court

  Horace (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Horace (Illustrated)”, p.374, Delphi Classics

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• Having no business of his own to attend to, he busies himself with the affairs of others.

  Horace

  Affair

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• Wisdom is not wisdom when it is derived from books alone.

  Horace

  Education, Wisdom, Book

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• It is courage, courage, courage, that raises the blood of life to crimson splendor. Live bravely and present a brave front to adversity

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  Courage, Adversity, Blood

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• Get money first; virtue comes after.

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  Money, Firsts, Get Money

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• When you have well thought out your subject, words will come spontaneously.

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  Speech, Wells, Subjects

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• Without love and laughter there is no joy; live amid love and laughter.

  Horace

  Laughter, Joy, Love And Laughter

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