Horace Quotes, Speech Quotes, Action Quotes

Be modest in speech, but excel in action.

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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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A man perfect to the finger tips.

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Even in animals there exists the spirit of their sires.

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When putting words together is good to do it with nicety and caution, your elegance and talent will be evident if by putting ordinary words together you create a new voice.

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You may see me, fat and shining, with well-cared for hide, . . . a hog from Epicurus' herd. [Lat., Me pinguem et nitidum bene curata cute vises, . . . Epicuri de grege porcum.]

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Tear thyself from delay.

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Remember to keep the mind calm in difficult moments.

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We are more speedily and fatally corrupted by domestic examples of vice, and particularly when they are impressed on our minds as from authority.

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In trying to be concise I become obscure.

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He is not poor who has a competency.

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When you introduce a moral lesson, let it be brief.

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A word once let out of the cage cannot be whistled back again.

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The consummate pleasure (in eating) is not in the costly flavour, but in yourself. Do you seek for sauce for sweating?

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There are faults we would fain pardon.

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The fellow is either a madman or a poet.

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I shall not wholly die, and a great part of me will escape the grave.

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Fortune, delighting in her cruel task, and playing her wanton game untiringly, is ever shifting her uncertain favours.

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Superfluous advice is not retained by the full mind.

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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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