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• Better wilt thou live...by neither always pressing out to sea nor too closely hugging the dangerous shore in cautious fear of storms.

  Horace

  Sea, Hug, Storm

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• Marble statues, engraved with public inscriptions, by which the life and soul return after death to noble leaders.

  Horace

  Leader, Soul, Return

  "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, p. 524-25, Carmina, IV. 8, 1922.

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• It is but a poor establishment where there are not many superfluous things which the owner knows not of, and which go to the thieves.

  Horace

  Thieves, Poor, Owners

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• Wise were the kings who never chose a friend till with full cups they had unmasked his soul, and seen the bottom of his deepest thoughts.

  Horace

  Friends, Wise, Kings

  Horace (1709). “Horace: Of the Art of Poetry: A Poem”, p.17

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• She - philosophy is equally helpful to the rich and poor: neglect her, and she equally harms the young and old.

  Horace

  Philosophy, Educational, Words Of Wisdom

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• He is not poor who has the use of necessary things.
  [Lat., Pauper enim non est cui rerum suppetet usus.]

  Horace

  Use, Poverty, Poor

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• The sorrowful dislike the gay, and the gay the sorrowful.

  Horace

  Gay, Sorrow, Sorrowful

  "Epistles", I. 18. 89, as quoted in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations, p. 733-36, 1922.

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• What prevents a man's speaking good sense with a smile on his face?

  Horace

  Men, Faces, Good Sense

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• Curst is the wretch enslaved to such a vice,
  Who ventures life and soul upon the dice.

  Horace

  Gambling, Soul, Venture

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• Enjoy thankfully any happy hour heaven may send you, nor think that your delights will keep till another year.

  Horace

  Thinking, Years, Heaven

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• He makes himself ridiculous who is for ever repeating the same mistake.

  Horace

  Mistake, Ridiculous, Same Mistakes

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• The Muse gave the Greeks genius and the art of the well-turned phrase.

  Horace

  Art, Greek, Genius

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• Surely oak and threefold brass surrounded his heart who first trusted a frail vessel to the merciless ocean.

  Horace

  Ocean, Heart, Firsts

  Horace (1863). “The Works of Horace”, p.5

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• Catch the opportunity while it lasts, and rely not on what the morrow may bring.

  Horace

  Opportunity, May, Lasts

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• God made not pleasures for the rich alone.

  Horace

  Rich, Pleasure, Made

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• Ridicule often cuts the knot, where severity fails.

  Horace

  Cutting, Failing, Knots

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• 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, Running, Law

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• For everything divine and human, virtue, fame, and honor, now obey the alluring influence of riches.

  Horace

  Honor, Riches, Influence

  "Satires", II. 3. 94, as quoted in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations, p. 864-67, 1922.

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• What do sad complaints avail if the offense is not cut down by punishment.

  Horace

  Anger, Cutting, Punishment

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• Happy is the man to whom nature has given a sufficiency with even a sparing hand.

  Horace

  Men, Hands, He Man

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• Fierce eagles breed not the tender dove.

  Horace

  Eagles, Fierce, Dove

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• Stronger than thunder's winged force All-powerful gold can speed its course; Through watchful guards its passage make, And loves through solid walls to break.

  Horace

  Wall, Powerful, Gold

  Horace, Philip FRANCIS (D.D.) (1815). “The Works of Horace, Translated by Philip Francis”, p.103

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• Justice, though moving with tardy pace, has seldom failed to overtake the wicked in their flight.
  [Lat., Raro antecedentem scelestum
  Deseruit pede poena claudo.]

  Horace

  Moving, Justice, Wicked

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• Punishment follows close on crime.

  Horace

  Punishment, Crime

  "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, p. 649-652, Carmina, IV. 5. 24, 1922.

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• If you are only an underling, don't dress too fine.

  Horace

  Dresses, Fine, Ifs

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