All Quotes
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Life grants nothing to us mortals without hard work.Horace, Satires
Cease to ask what the morrow will bring forth. And set down as gain each day that Fortune grants.Horace, Odes
Seize the day, put no trust in the morrow!
[Carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero.]Horace, Odes
In adversity remember to keep an even mind.Horace, Odes
Trumpet in a herd of elephants; crow in the company of cocks; bleat in a flock of goats.Malayan Proverb
Whoever cultivates the golden mean avoids both the poverty of a hovel and the envy of a palace.Horace, Odes
Force without wisdom falls of its own weight.Horace, Odes
With you I should love to live, with you be ready to die.Horace, Odes
Many brave men lived before Agamemnon; but all are overwhelmed in eternal night, unwept, unknown, because they lack a sacred poet.Horace, Odes
It is not the rich man you should properly call happy, but him who knows how to use with wisdom the blessings of the gods, to endure hard poverty, and who fears dishonor worse than death, and is not afraid to die for cherished friends or fatherland.Horace, Odes