Quotes By Horace
Few cross the river of time and are able to reach non-being. Most of them run up and down only on this side of the river. But those who when they know the law follow the path of the law, they shall reach the other shore and go beyond the realm of death.
Horace
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.
Horace
Cease to inquire what the future has in store, and take as a gift whatever the day brings forth.
Horace
Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents, which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant.
Horace
Suffering is but another name for the teaching of experience, which is the parent of instruction and the schoolmaster of life.
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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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The one who cannot restrain their anger will wish undone, what their temper and irritation prompted them to do.
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One wanders to the left, another to the right. Both are equally in error, but, are seduced by different delusions.
Horace