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• You may see me, fat and shining, with well-cared for hide, . . . a hog from Epicurus' herd.
  [Lat., Me pinguem et nitidum bene curata cute vises,
  . . . Epicuri de grege porcum.]

  Horace

  Cute, Shining, May

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• Busy not yourself in looking forward to the events of to-morrow; but whatever may be those of the days Providence may yet assign you neglect not to turn them to advantage.

  Horace

  Events, May, Looking Forward

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• It is difficult to speak of what is common in a way of your own.

  Horace

  Way, Common, Speak

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• Who then is sane? He who is not a fool.

  Horace

  Insanity, Fool, Sane

  Horace (1853). “Opera omnia”, p.461

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• Wherever the storm carries me, I go a willing guest.

  Horace

  Storm, Guests, Willing

  "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, p. 345, Epistles, I. 1. 15, 1922.

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• Dull winter will re-appear.

  Horace

  Winter, Dull

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• Seize today and put as little trust as you can in tomorrow.

  Horace

  Future, Carpe Diem, Littles

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• To grow a philosopher's beard.

  Horace

  Beard, Philosopher, Grows

  Horace, Smith Palmer Bovie (2002). “Satires and Epistles”, p.112, University of Chicago Press

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• He tosses aside his paint-pots and his words a foot and a half long.

  Horace

  Feet, Long, Half

  Ars Poetica l. 97

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• Noble descent and worth, unless united with wealth, are esteemed no more than seaweed.

  Horace

  Noble, Wealth, Descent

  "Satires", II. 5. 8, as quoted in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations, p. 864-67, 1922.

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• The poet must put on the passion he wants to represent.

  Horace

  Passion, Want, Poet

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• The same night awaits us all.

  Horace

  Latin, Night

  Horace (1903). “Horace for English Readers: Being a Translation of the Poems of Quintus Horatius Flaccus Into English Prose”

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• When you introduce a moral lesson, let it be brief.

  Horace

  Teacher, Teaching, Lessons

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• Content with his past life, let him take leave of life like a satiated guest.

  Horace

  Life, Past, Guests

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• Summer treads on heels of spring.

  Horace

  Summer, Spring, Heels

  Horace (1931). “The Complete Works of Horace”

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• High descent and meritorious deeds, unless united to wealth, are as useless as seaweed.

  Horace

  Useless, Deeds, Wealth

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• It is time for thee to be gone, lest the age more decent in its wantonness should laugh at thee and drive thee of the stage.
  [Lat., Tempus abire tibi est, ne . . .
  Rideat et pulset lasciva decentius aetas.]

  Horace

  Laughing, Age, Gone

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• You will have written exceptionally well if, by skilful arrangement of your words, you have made an ordinary one seem original.

  Horace

  Ordinary, Made, Wells

  'Ars Poetica' l. 47

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• I have completed a monument more lasting than brass.

  Horace

  Brass, Lasting, Monument

  Horace (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Horace (Illustrated)”, p.149, Delphi Classics

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• Avoid greatness in a cottage there may be more real happiness than kings or their favourites enjoy.

  Horace

  Kings, Real, Greatness

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• A greater liar than the Parthians.

  Horace

  Liars, Greater

  Horace (1903). “Horace for English Readers: Being a Translation of the Poems of Quintus Horatius Flaccus Into English Prose”

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• Even the worthy Homer sometimes nods.

  Horace

  Sometimes, Worthy

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• To drink away sorrow.

  Horace

  Sorrow, Drink

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• Riches either serve or govern the possessor.

  Horace

  Riches, Wealth

  "Epistles", I. 10. 47, as quoted in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations, p. 864-67, 1922.

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• Verses devoid of substance, melodious trifles.
  [Lat., Versus inopes rerum, nugaeque canorae.]

  Horace

  Poetry, Substance, Trifles

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