192 Quotations by Horace
- 161. To have a great man for a friend seems pleasant to those who have never tried it; those who have, fe ...
- 162. Undeservedly you will atone for the sins of your fathers.
- 163. Usually the modest person passes for someone reserved, the silent for a sullen person.
- 164. We are free to yield to truth.
- 165. We are often deterred from crime by the disgrace of others.
- 166. We rarely find anyone who can say he has lived a happy life, and who, content with his life, can ret ...
- 167. We set up harsh and unkind rules against ourselves. No one is born without faults. That man is best ...
- 168. What do sad complaints avail if the offense is not cut down by punishment.
- 169. What fugitive from his country can also escape from himself.
- 170. What it is forbidden to be put right becomes lighter by acceptance.
- 171. What we learn only through the ears makes less impression upon our minds than what is presented to t ...
- 172. Whatever advice you give, be brief.
- 173. When things are steep, remember to stay level-headed.
- 174. When we try to avoid one fault, we are led to the opposite, unless we be very careful.
- 175. When you introduce a moral lesson, let it be brief.
- 176. While fools shun one set of faults they run into the opposite one.
- 177. Who then is free? The wise man who can govern himself.
- 178. Whoever cultivates the golden mean avoids both the poverty of a hovel and the envy of a palace.
- 179. Why harass with eternal purposes a mind to weak to grasp them?
- 180. Wisdom is not wisdom when it is derived from books alone.
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