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Adversity reveals the genius of a general; good fortune conceals it.

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Adversity, Genius, Fortune

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Stronger than thunder's winged force All-powerful gold can speed its course; Through watchful guards its passage make, And loves through solid walls to break.

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Wall, Powerful, Gold

Horace, Philip FRANCIS (D.D.) (1815). “The Works of Horace, Translated by Philip Francis”, p.103

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She - philosophy is equally helpful to the rich and poor: neglect her, and she equally harms the young and old.

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Philosophy, Educational, Words Of Wisdom

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I can never forget suffering and I will never forget sunset. I came home with all of it in my mind.

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Home, Sunset, Mind

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Do not pursue with the terrible scourge him who deserves a slight whip.
[Lat., Ne scutica dignum horribili sectere flagello.]

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Punishment, Terrible, Pursue

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Be not for ever harassed by impotent desire.

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Desire

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Good sense is both the first principal and the parent source of good writing.

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Writing, Parent, Literature

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Let your character be kept up the very end, just as it began, and so be consistent.

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Character, Consistency, Ends

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Be brief, that the mind may catch thy precepts, and the more easily retain them.

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Mind, May

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Live mindful of how brief your life is.

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One Day, Life Is

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I would advise him who wishes to imitate well, to look closely into life and manners, and thereby to learn to express them with truth.

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Imagination, Wish, Looks

"Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, p. 387-88, Ars Poetica, CCCXVII, 1922.

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Gold delights to walk through the very midst of the guard, and to break its way through hard rocks, more powerful in its blow than lightning.

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Powerful, Blow, Rocks

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In the capacious urn of death, every name is shaken.
[Lat., Omne capax movet urna nomen.]

Horace

Death, Names

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One gains universal applause who mingles the useful with the agreeable, at once delighting and instructing the reader.

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Writing, Editing, Gains

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If nothing is delightful without love and jokes, then live in love and jokes.

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Life, Delightful, Jokes

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He who has lost his money-belt will go where you wish.

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Latin, Wish, Lost

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While your client is watching for you at the front door, slip out at the back.

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Doors, Clients, Slips

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Sapere aude. Dare to be wise.

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Wise, Knowledge, Being Wise

Horace (1976). “Q. Horati Flacci Sermones et epistulae”

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You may drive out nature with a pitchfork, yet she'll be constantly running back.

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Running, Nature, Romance

'Epistles' bk. 1, no. 10, l. 24

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He who studies to imitate the poet Pindar, O Julius, relies on artificial wings fastened on with wax, and is sure to give his name to a glassy sea.

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Sea, Names, Wings

"Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, p. 387-88, Carmina, IV, 2, 1, 1922.

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One night awaits all, and death's path must be trodden once and for all.

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Death, Night, Path

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I shall strike the stars with my uplifted head.

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Stars, Ambition, Strikes

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The hour of happiness which comes unexpectedly is the happiest.

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Hours

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Every man should measure himself by his own standard.
[Lat., Metiri se quemque suo modulo ac pede verum est.]

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Men, Should, Standards

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Believe that each day that shines on you is your last.

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Time, Believe, Shine On

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Born: December 8, 65 BC
Died: November 27, 8 BC
Occupation: Poet
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