Random Quotes
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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
To flee vice is the beginning of virtue, and to have got rid of folly is the beginning of wisdom.Horace, Epistles
Make money, money by fair means if you can, if not, but any means money.Horace, Epistles
He who has begun has half done. Dare to be wise; begin!Horace, Epistles
The covetous man is ever in want.Horace, Epistles
Think to yourself that every day is your last; the hour to which you do not look forward will come as a welcome surprise.Horace, Epistles
Once a word has been allowed to escape, it cannot be recalled.Horace, Epistles
The years as they pass plunder us of one thing after another.Horace, Epistles
It is when I struggle to be brief that I become obscure.Horace, Epistles
He wins every hand who mingles profit with pleasure.Horace, Epistles