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Horace Quotes

«The power of daring anything their fancy suggest, as always been conceded to the painter and the poet.»
«Pale death, with impartial step, knocks at the hut of the poor and the towers of kings.»
Author: Horace (Poet) | About: Death and dying | Keywords: hut, impartial, kings, knocks, pale, towers
«Virtue, dear friend, needs no defense, The surest guard is innocence: None knew, till guilt created fear, What darts or poisoned arrows were»
«Whoever cultivates the golden mean avoids both the poverty of a hovel and the envy of a palace.»
«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.»
«Subdue your passion or it will subdue you»
Author: Horace (Poet) | About: Passion | Keywords: subdue
«A shoe that is too large is apt to trip one, and when too small, to pinch the feet. So it is with those whose fortune does not suit them.»
«In Rome you long for the country; in the country oh inconstant! you praise the distant city to the stars»
Author: Horace (Poet) | Keywords: city, distant, inconstant, Rome, the country
«It is courage, courage, courage, that raises the blood of life to crimson splendor. Live bravely and present a brave front to adversity.»
«Who then is free? The one who wisely is lord of themselves, who neither poverty, death or captivity terrify, who is strong to resist his appetites and shun honors, and is complete in themselves smooth and round like a globe.»
Author: Horace (Poet) | About: Freedom | Keywords: appetites, captivity, globe, honors, shun, smooth, terrify

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