A good and faithful judge ever prefers the honorable to the expedient.
Horace
A heart well prepared for adversity in bad times hopes, and in good times fears for a change in fortune.
Horace
A host is like a general: calamities often reveal his genius.
Horace
A picture is a poem without words.
Horace
A portion of mankind take pride in their vices and pursue their purpose; many more waver between doing what is right and complying with what is wrong.
Horace
A shoe that is too large is apt to trip one, and when too small, to pinch the feet. So it is with those whose fortune does not suit them.
Horace
A word once uttered can never be recalled.
Horace
A word, once sent abroad, flies irrevocably.
Horace
Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents, which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant.
Horace
Adversity reveals genius, prosperity conceals it.
Horace
Always keep your composure. You can't score from the penalty box; and to win, you have to score.
Horace
Anger is a short madness.
Horace
Avoid inquisitive persons, for they are sure to be gossips, their ears are open to hear, but they will not keep what is entrusted to them.
Horace
Begin, be bold and venture to be wise.
Horace
Cease to inquire what the future has in store, and take as a gift whatever the day brings forth.
Horace
Choose a subject equal to your abilities; think carefully what your shoulders may refuse, and what they are capable of bearing.
Horace
Clogged with yesterday's excess, the body drags the mind down with it.
Horace
Don't think, just do.
Horace
Every old poem is sacred.
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
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Ovid, Lucretius, Sextus Propertius, Virgil, Juvenal, Phaedrus, Quintus Ennius, Lucan
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