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Horace quotes

Roman Poet

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Happy the man, and happy he alone, he who can call today his own: he who, secure within, can say, Tomorrow do thy worst, for I have lived today. Be fair or foul, or rain or shinethe joys I have possessed, in spite of fate, are mine. Not Heaven itself, upon the past has power, but what has been, has been, and I have had my hour. Horace
Horace quote: "You traverse the world in search of happiness, which is within..."
You traverse the world in search of happiness, which is within the reach of every man. A contented mind confers it on all. Horace
Horace quote: "A heart well prepared for adversity in bad times hopes, and in..."
A heart well prepared for adversity in bad times hopes, and in good times fears for a change in fortune. Horace
Horace quote: "To have a great man for a friend seems pleasant to those who..."
To have a great man for a friend seems pleasant to those who have never tried it; those who have, fear it. Horace
Virtue, dear friend, needs no defense, The surest guard is innocence: None knew, till guilt created fear, What darts or poisoned arrows were Horace
This is a fault common to all singers, that among their friends they will never sing when they are asked; unasked, they will never desist. Horace
This is a fault common to singers that among their friends they were never inclined to sing when they were asked, unasked they never desist. Horace
Horace quote: "Surely a Man may speak Truth with a smiling countenance."
Surely a Man may speak Truth with a smiling countenance. Horace
Horace quote: "It is not enough for poems to be beautiful; they must be..."
It is not enough for poems to be beautiful; they must be affecting, and must lead the heart of the hearer as they will. Horace
Strange - is it not? That of the myriads who Before us passed the door of Darkness through, Not one returns to tell us of the road Which to discover we must travel too. Horace
Horace quote: "Nothing's beautiful from every point of view."
Nothing's beautiful from every point of view. Horace
Horace quote: "Caelum non animum mutant qui trans mare currunt.(They change..."
Caelum non animum mutant qui trans mare currunt.(They change their sky, not their soul, who rush across the sea.) Horace
Horace quote: "Fidelity is the sister of justice."
Fidelity is the sister of justice. Horace
Horace quote: "The envious man grows lean at the success of his neighbor."
The envious man grows lean at the success of his neighbor. Horace
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. Horace

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