1,095 Quotes by Horace

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    Cease to inquire what the future has in store, and take as a gift whatever the day brings forth.

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    I put up with a great deal to pacify the touchy tribe of poets.

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    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.

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    The changing year's successive plan Proclaims mortality to man.

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    He who has made it a practice to lie and deceive his father, will be the most daring in deceiving others.

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    Pale Death beats equally at the poor man's gate and at the palaces of kings.

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    Ye who write, choose a subject suited to your abilities. [Lat., Sumite materiam vestris, qui scribitis, aequam Viribus.]

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    In peace, a wise man makes preparations for war.

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