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Quintus Horatius Flaccus
Q. Horatius Flaccus
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Horatius Flaccus
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Who then is free? The one who wisely is lord of themselves, who neither poverty, death or captivity terrify, who is strong to resist his appetites and shun honors, and is complete in themselves smooth and round like a globe
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Be ever on your guard what you say of anybody and to whom.
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The cautious wolf fears the pit, the hawk regards with suspicion the snare laid for her, and the fish the hook in its concealment.
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It is sweet and right to die for the homeland, but it is sweeter to live for the homeland, and the sweetest to drink for it. Therefore, let us drink to the health of the homeland.
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Mistakes are their own instructors
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Labor diligently to increase your property.
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Who then is free? the wise man who is lord over himself Whom neither poverty nor death, nor chains alarm strong to withstand his passions and despise honors, and who is completely finished and rounded off in himself.
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There are words and accents by which this grief can be assuaged, and the disease in a great measure removed.
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How great, my friends, is the virtue of living upon a little!
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Tear thyself from delay.
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Let not a god interfere unless where a god's assistance is necessary. [Adopt extreme measures only in extreme cases.]
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Joy, grief, desire or fear, whate'er the name The passion bears, its influence is the same Where things exceed your hope or fall below, You stare, look blank, grow numb from top to toe.
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Leave the rest to the gods.
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As shines the moon amid the lesser fires.
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O citizens, first acquire wealth you can practice virtue afterward.
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Rule your mind or it will rule you.
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Joking apart, now let us be serious.
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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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Our years Glide silently away. No tears, No loving orisons repair The wrinkled cheek, the whitening hair That drop forgotten to the tomb.
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All powerful money gives birth and beauty. [Lat., Et genus et formam regina pecunia donat.]
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