Horace Quotes

Lawyers are men who hire out their words and anger.

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The one who cannot restrain their anger will wish undone, what their temper and irritation prompted them to do.

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Anger is a short madness.

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A picture is a poem without words.

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The pen is the tongue of the mind.

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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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Pale death, with impartial step, knocks at the hut of the poor and the towers of kings.

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Pale Death beats equally at the poor man's gate and at the palaces of kings.

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Cease to inquire what the future has in store, and take as a gift whatever the day brings forth.

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Knowledge without education is but armed injustice.

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Remember when life's path is steep to keep your mind even.

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Life is largely a matter of expectation.

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Don't think, just do.

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Sad people dislike the happy, and the happy the sad; the quick thinking the sedate, and the careless the busy and industrious.

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Seize the day, and put the least possible trust in tomorrow.

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What we learn only through the ears makes less impression upon our minds than what is presented to the trustworthy eye.

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

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Life grants nothing to us mortals without hard work.

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It is the false shame of fools to try to conceal wounds that have not healed.

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You may drive out nature with a pitchfork, yet she'll be constantly running back.

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No poems can please for long or live that are written by water drinkers.

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Strange - is it not? That of the myriads who Before us passed the door of Darkness through, Not one returns to tell us of the road Which to discover we must travel too.

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