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| Horace
A heart well prepared for adversity in bad times hopes, and in good times fears for a change in fortune. A leech that will not quit the skin until sated with blood. A picture is a poem without words. An envious man grows lean at another's fatness. Anger is a short madness. Be not ashamed to have had wild days, but not to have sown your wild oats. Be not caught by the cunning of those who appear in a disguise. Betray not a secret even though racked by wine or wrath. Carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero! (Seize the day, put no trust in tomorrow) Catch the opportunity while it lasts, and rely not on what the morrow may bring. Consider well what your shoulders are able to bear. Dismiss the old horse in good time, lest he fail in the lists and the spectators laugh. Fortune makes a fool of those she favors too much. Get money; by just means, if you can; if not, still get money. Great effort is required to arrest decay and restore vigor. One must exercise proper deliberation, plan carefully before making a move, and be alert in guarding against relapse following a renaissance. He has the deed half done who has made a beginning. He tosses aside his paint-pots and his words a foot and a half long. He will always be a slave who does not know how to live upon a little. How great, my friends, is the virtue of living upon a little! I have completed a monument more lasting than brass. 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. In peace, as a wise man, he should make suitable preparation for war. In times of stress, be bold and valiant.It is a sweet and seemly thing to die for one's country. It is no great art to say something briefly when, like Tacitus, one has something to say; when one has nothing to say, however, and none the less writes a whole book and makes truth into a liar - that I call an achievement.It is of no consequence of what parents a man is born, as long as he be a man of merit. It is the false shame of fools to try to conceal wounds that have not healed. It's a good thing to be foolishly gay once in a while. Life is largely a matter of expectation. Make a good use of the present. Many brave men lived before Agamemnon; but all are overwhelmed in eternal night, unwept, unknown, because they lack a sacred poet. Mingle a little folly with your wisdom; a little nonsense now and then is pleasant. Mix a little foolishness with your serious plans. It is lovely to be silly at the right moment. Money is a handmaiden, if thou knowest how to use it; a mistress, if thou knowest not. Money, as it increases, becomes either the master or the slave of its owner. Mountains will go into labour, and a silly little mouse will be born. Once a word has been allowed to escape, it cannot be recalled. Only a stomach that rarely feels hungry scorns common things.Pale Death with impartial tread beats at the poor man's cottage door and at the palaces of kings. Rule your mind or it will rule you.The lofty pine is oftenest shaken by the winds; High towers fall with a heavier crash; And the lightning strikes the highest mountain. There is a measure in everything. There are fixed limits beyond which and short of which right cannot find a resting place. Think to yourself that every day is your last; the hour to which you do not look forward will come as a welcome surprise. Those who say nothing about their poverty will obtain more than those who turn beggars. Usually the modest person passes for someone reserved, the silent for a sullen person. We rarely find anyone who can say he has lived a happy life, and who, content with his life, can retire from the world like a satisfied guest. Whoever cultivates the golden mean avoids both the poverty of a hovel and the envy of a palace. Why harass with eternal purposes a mind to weak to grasp them? You must often make erasures if you mean to write what is worthy of being read a second time; and don't labor for the admiration of the crowd, but be content with a few choice readers. You traverse the world in search of happiness, which is within the reach of every man. a contented mind confers it on all. Your own safety is at stake when your neighbor's wall is ablaze. |
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