Horace Quotes, Worthy Quotes, Difficulty Quotes

Nor let a god come in, unless the difficulty be worthy of such an intervention. [Lat., Nec deus intersit nisi dignus vindice nodus.]

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Tomorrow do thy worst, for I have lived today.

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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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By heaven you have destroyed me, my friends!

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Hidden knowledge differs little from ignorance.

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Don't just put it off and think about it!

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How does it happen, Maecenas, that no one is content with that lot in life which he has chosen, or which chance has thrown in his way, but praises those who follow a different course? [Lat., Qui fit, Maecenas, ut nemo quam sibi sortem, Seu ratio dederit, seu fors objecerit, illa Contentus vivat? laudet diversa sequentes.]

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Who has self-confidence will lead the rest.

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People hiss at me, but I applaud myself in my own house, and at the same time contemplate the money in my chest.

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Rains driven by storms fall not perpetually on the land already sodden, neither do varying gales for ever disturb the Caspian sea.

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To have a great man for an intimate friend seems pleasant to those who have never tried it; those who have, fear it. [Lat., Dulcis inexpertis cultura potentis amici; Expertus metuit.]

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Clogged with yesterday's excess, the body drags the mind down with it.

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Is virtue raised by culture, or self-sown?

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Fortune makes a fool of those she favors too much.

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Live mindful of how brief your life is.

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Dull winter will re-appear.

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Anger is a momentary madness, so control your passion or it will control you.

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When a man is just and firm in his purpose, The citizens burning to approve a wrong Or the frowning looks of a tyrant Do not shake his fixed mind, nor the Southwind. Wild lord of the uneasy Adriatic, Nor the thunder in the mighty hand of Jove: Should the heavens crack and tumble down, As the ruins crushed him he would not fear.

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Ridicule is often employed with more power and success than severity.

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He is always a slave who cannot live on little.

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