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Quotes from Horace

He who has made it a practice to lie and deceive his father, will be the most daring in deceiving others.
~ 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
A good and faithful judge prefers what is right to what is expedient.
~ 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
No man ever reached to excellence in any one art or profession without having passed through the slow and painful process of study and preparation
~ Horace
In times of stress, be bold and valiant.
~ Horace
In adversity remember to keep an even mind.
~ Horace
Live as brave men and face adversity with stout hearts.
~ Horace
It is courage, courage, courage, that raises the blood of life to crimson splendor. Live bravely and present a brave front to adversity.
~ Horace
Cease to inquire what the future has in store, and take as a gift whatever the day brings forth.
~ Horace
Patience makes lighter what sorrow may not heal.
~ Horace
What the discordant harmony of circumstances would and could effect.
~ Horace
Mingle a little folly with your wisdom; a little nonsense now and then is pleasant.
~ Horace
Your own safety is at stake when your neighbor's house is ablaze
~ Horace
A heart well prepared for adversity in bad times hopes, and in good times fears for a change in fortune.
~ Horace
Usually the modest person passes for someone reserved, the silent for a sullen person.
~ Horace
Anger is a brief madness.
~ Horace
Happy and thrice happy are those who enjoy an uninterrupted union, and whose love, unbroken by any sour complaints, shall not dissolve until the last day of their existence.
~ Horace
Whatever advice you give, be brief.
~ Horace
Anger is a momentary madness, so control your passion or it will control you.
~ Horace
He has half the deed done who has made a beginning.
~ Horace
Instead of forming new words I recommend to you any kind of artful management by which you may be able to give cost to old ones
~ Horace
Mistakes are their own instructors
~ Horace
No poems can please for long or live that are written by water-drinkers.
~ Horace