Horace Quotes, Sour Quotes, Turns Quotes

Unless the vessel be pure, everything which is poured into it will turn sour.

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Let's put a limit to the scramble for money. ... Having got what you wanted, you ought to begin to bring that struggle to an end.

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Words will not fail when the matter is well considered.

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It is right for him who asks forgiveness for his offenses to grant it to others.

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It is time for thee to be gone, lest the age more decent in its wantonness should laugh at thee and drive thee of the stage. [Lat., Tempus abire tibi est, ne . . . Rideat et pulset lasciva decentius aetas.]

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Pale death knocks with impartial foot at poor men's hovels and king's palaces.

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The aim of the poet is to inform or delight, or to combine together, in what he says, both pleasure and applicability to life. In instructing, be brief in what you say in order that your readers may grasp it quickly and retain it faithfully. Superfluous words simply spill out when the mind is already full. Fiction invented in order to please should remain close to reality.

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Fire, if neglected, will soon gain strength.

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Often a purple patch or two is tacked on to a serious work of high promise, to give an effect of colour.

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The lofty pine is oftenest shaken by the winds; High towers fall with a heavier crash; And the lightning strikes the highest mountain.

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Tags : Horace Quotes , Fall Quotes , Fate Quotes

Cease to inquire what the future has in store, and to take as a gift whatever the day brings forth. [Lat., Quid sit futurum cras, fuge quaerere: et Quem Fors dierum cunque dabit, lucro Appone.]

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Nature is harmony in discord.

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Those who go overseas find a change of climate, not a change of soul.

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There are faults we would fain pardon.

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He can afford to be a fool.

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Nothing is achieved without toil.

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Content with his past life, let him take leave of life like a satiated guest.

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Despise pleasure; pleasure bought by pain in injurious.

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Time will bring to light whatever is hidden it will cover up and conceal what is now shining in splendor.

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While we're talking, time will have meanly run on... pick today's fruits, not relying on the future in the slightest.

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