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Horace Quotes - Page 21

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You are judged of by what you possess.

You are judged of by what you possess.

Judged

Consider well what your strength is equal to, and what exceeds your ability.

Ability, Equal, Wells

A man of refined taste and judgment.

Men, Taste, Refined

What is wealth to me if I cannot enjoy it?

Wealth, Enjoy, Ifs

Increasing wealth is attended by care and by the desire of greater increase.

Desire, Care, Riches

Nothing is too high for the daring of mortals: we storm heaven itself in our folly.

Ambition, Heaven, Storm

I beseech you to treasure up in your hearts these my parting words: Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity.

Heart, Humanity, Victory

There is a middle ground in things.

Latin, Middle, Middle Ground

He can afford to be a fool.

Fool

Mingle a little folly with your wisdom; a little nonsense, now and then, is pleasant.

Nonsense, Now And Then, Pleasant

"Odes". Book by Horace, IV. 12. 27, 13 BC.

Poets are never allowed to be mediocre by the gods, by men or by publishers.

Book, Men, Poet

Acquittal of the guilty damns the judge.

Judging, Judgement, Internet

Leave off asking what tomorrow will bring, and whatever days fortune will give, count them as profit.

Giving, Asking, Tomorrow

Who guides below, and rules above, The great disposer, and the mighty king; Than He none greater, next Him none, That can be, is, or was.

God, Kings, Next

Horace (1684). “The Odes, Satyrs, and Epistles of Horace: Done Into English”, p.18

The man is either mad or his is making verses. [Lat., Aut insanit homo, aut versus facit.]

Men, Mad, Poet

All things considered, nothing is beautiful.

Beautiful, All Things

Force without judgement falls on its own weight.

Peace, War, Fall

Money, make money; by honest means if you can; if not, by any means make money. [Lat., Rem facias rem, Recte si possis, si non, quocumque modo rem.]

Money, Mean, Honest

Change generally pleases the rich. [Lat., Plerumque gratae divitibus vices.]

Change, Vices, Rich

With you I should love to live, with you be ready to die.

Sweet, Should, Ready

You must avoid sloth, that wicked siren.

Sloth, Wicked, Laziness

If you would have me weep, you must first of all feel grief yourself.

Grief, Literature, Firsts

Horace, Edward Henry Blakeney (1970). “Horace on the art of poetry: Latin text, English prose translation, introduction and notes, together with Ben Jonson's English verse rendering”, Books for Libraries

Amiability shines by its own light.

Light, Shining

All singers have this fault: if asked to sing among friends they are never so inclined; if unasked, they never leave off.

Music, Singers, Faults

In the midst of hopes and cares, of apprehensions and of disquietude, regard every day that dawns upon you as if it was to be your last; then super-added hours, to the enjoyment of which you had not looked forward, will prove an acceptable boon.

Life, Dawn, Care

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