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Living in the moment3 quotes
Seize the day, put no trust in the morrow! — Horace · 23 BCCease to ask what the morrow will bring forth, and set down as gain each day that Fortune grants. — Horace · 23 BCHe will through life be master of himself and a happy man who from day to day can have said, "I have lived: tomorrow the Father may fill the sky with black clouds or with cloudless sunshine." — Horace · 23 BCPoetry3 quotes
I have erected a monument more lasting than bronze. — Horace · 23 BCIf you want me to weep, you must first feel grief yourself. — Horace · 19 BCNo verse can give pleasure for long, nor last, that is written by drinkers of water. — Horace · 20 BCCutting loose2 quotes
It is sweet to let the mind unbend on occasion. — Horace · 23 BCMix a little foolishness with your prudence:
It's good to be silly at the right moment. — Horace · 11 BCEffects of time2 quotes
The years as they pass plunder us of one thing after another. — Horace · 14 BCWhat do the ravages of time not injure? Our parents' age (worse than our grandparents') has produced us, more worthless still, who will soon give rise to a yet more vicious generation. — Horace · 23 BCEnvy2 quotes
The covetous man is ever in want. — Horace · 20 BCHow comes it, Maecenas, that no man living is content with the lot that either his choice has given him, or chance has thrown in his way, but each has praise for those who follow other paths? — Horace · 35 BCHashtag blessed2 quotes
Thrice blessed (and more) are they whom an unbroken bond holds and whose love, never strained by nasty quarrels, will not slip until their dying day. — Horace · 23 BCIt is not he who has many possessions that you should call blessed: he more rightly deserves that name who knows how to use the gods' gifts wisely and to endure harsh poverty, and who fears dishonor more than death. — Horace · 11 BCHumor2 quotes
Humor very often cuts the knot of serious questions more trenchantly and successfully than severity. — Horace · 34 BCWhy should truth not be impress'd
Beneath the cover of a jest. — Horace · 34 BCKids these days2 quotes
What do the ravages of time not injure? Our parents' age (worse than our grandparents') has produced us, more worthless still, who will soon give rise to a yet more vicious generation. — Horace · 23 BCOur fathers' age was worse than our grandfathers'. We their sons are more worthless than they: so in our turn we shall give the world a progeny yet more corrupt. — Horace · 23 BCSimple living2 quotes
Happy the man who, far away from business, like the race of men of old, tills his ancestral fields with his own oxen, unbound by any interest to pay. — Horace · 30 BCThis was among my prayers: a piece of land not so very large, where a garden should be and a spring of ever-flowing water near the house, and a bit of woodland as well as these. — Horace · 30 BCTime2 quotes
The years as they pass plunder us of one thing after another. — Horace · 14 BCWhile we're talking, envious time is fleeing: seize the day, put no trust in the future. — Horace · 23 BCAcquisitiveness1 quote
The covetous man is ever in want. — Horace · 20 BCAgriculture1 quote
Happy the man who, far away from business, like the race of men of old, tills his ancestral fields with his own oxen, unbound by any interest to pay. — Horace · 30 BCAlcohol1 quote
No verse can give pleasure for long, nor last, that is written by drinkers of water. — Horace · 20 BCArt1 quote
I have erected a monument more lasting than bronze. — Horace · 23 BCArtistic legacy1 quote
I have erected a monument more lasting than bronze. — Horace · 23 BCCarpe diem1 quote
While we're talking, envious time is fleeing: seize the day, put no trust in the future. — Horace · 23 BCChange of scenery1 quote
They change their clime, not their disposition, who run across the sea. — Horace · 20 BCContentment1 quote
Cease your efforts to find where the last rose lingers. — Horace · 23 BCDecline1 quote
Our fathers' age was worse than our grandfathers'. We their sons are more worthless than they: so in our turn we shall give the world a progeny yet more corrupt. — Horace · 23 BCDownsides of taking risks1 quote
It is the mountaintop that the lightning strikes. — Horace · 23 BCDying for one's country1 quote
Lovely and honorable it is to die for one's country. — Horace · 23 BCEducation1 quote
And seek for truth in the groves of Academe. — Horace · 14 BCExperiences1 quote
I put together and collect things which I will soon be able to draw upon. — Horace · 20 BCFarming1 quote
Happy the man who, far away from business, like the race of men of old, tills his ancestral fields with his own oxen, unbound by any interest to pay. — Horace · 30 BCFate1 quote
Do not try to find out-we're forbidden to know-what end the gods may bestow on me or you. — Horace · 23 BCFickleness of the mob1 quote
The people are a many-headed beast. — Horace · 20 BCFreedom1 quote
Not bound to swear allegiance to any master, wherever the wind takes me I travel as a visitor. — Horace · 20 BCGetting started1 quote
He who has begun has half done. Dare to be wise; begin! — Horace · 20 BCGod and man1 quote
Do not try to find out-we're forbidden to know-what end the gods may bestow on me or you. — Horace · 23 BCGratitude1 quote
Cease to ask what the morrow will bring forth, and set down as gain each day that Fortune grants. — Horace · 23 BC