Today Quotes
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Whoever cultivates the golden mean avoids both the poverty of a hovel and the envy of a palace.Horace, Odes
Force without wisdom falls of its own weight.Horace, Odes
With you I should love to live, with you be ready to die.Horace, Odes
Many brave men lived before Agamemnon; but all are overwhelmed in eternal night, unwept, unknown, because they lack a sacred poet.Horace, Odes
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