All Horace Quotes
The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes.
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This is a fault common to all singers, that among their friends they will never sing when they are asked; unasked, they will never desist.
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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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I never think at all when I write. Nobody can do two things at the same time and do them both well.
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If a man's fortune does not fit him, it is like the shoe in the story; if too large it trips him up, if too small it pinches him.
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A good and faithful judge ever prefers the honorable to the expedient.
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Money is a handmaiden, if thou knowest how to use it; a mistress, if thou knowest not.
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Choose a subject equal to your abilities; think carefully what your shoulders may refuse, and what they are capable of bearing.
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Whoever cultivates the golden mean avoids both the poverty of a hovel and the envy of a palace.
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