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Horace
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Quintus Horatius Flaccus
Q. Horatius Flaccus
Horatius
Horatius Flaccus
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He possesses dominion over himself, and is happy, who can every day say, I have lived. Tomorrow the heavenly father may either involve the world in dark clouds, or cheer it with clear sunshine, he will not, however, render ineffectual the things which have already taken place.
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I abhor the profane rabble and keep them at a distance.
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If you cannot conduct yourself with propriety, give place to those who can.
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This was my prayer: an adequate portion of land with a garden and a spring of water and a small wood to complete the picture.
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Who is a good man? He who keeps the decrees of the fathers, and both human and divine laws. [Lat., Vir bonus est quis? Qui consulta patrum, qui leges juraque servat.]
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Life is largely a matter of expectation.
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Let your character be kept up the very end, just as it began, and so be consistent.
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Rule your mind or it will rule you.
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He, that holds fast the golden mean, And lives contentedly between The little and the great, Feels not the wants that pinch the poor, Nor plagues that haunt the rich man's door, Imbitt'ring all his state.
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In times of stress, be bold and valiant.
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He has not lived badly whose birth and death has been unnoticed by the world.
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Youth is unduly busy with pampering the outer person.
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Not to create confusion in what is clear, but to throw light on what is obscure.
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The drunkard is convicted by his praises of wine.
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What does it avail you, if of many thorns only one be removed.
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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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