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

Quote by Horace

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Avoid inquisitive persons, for they are sure to be gossips, their ears are open to...

Avoid inquisitive persons, for they are sure to be gossips, their ears are open to...

Anger is a brief madness.

Anger is a brief madness.

Virtue, dear friend, needs no defense, The surest guard is innocence: None knew, till guilt...

Virtue, dear friend, needs no defense, The surest guard is innocence: None knew, till guilt...

Mediocrity is not allowed to poets, either by the gods or man

Mediocrity is not allowed to poets, either by the gods or man

Whoever cultivates the golden mean avoids both the poverty of a hovel and the envy...

Whoever cultivates the golden mean avoids both the poverty of a hovel and the envy...

Carpe diem! Rejoice while you are alive; enjoy the day; live life to the fullest;...

Carpe diem! Rejoice while you are alive; enjoy the day; live life to the fullest;...

Poets wish to profit or to please.

Poets wish to profit or to please.

He who is greedy is always in want.

He who is greedy is always in want.

In labouring to be concise, I become obscure.

In labouring to be concise, I become obscure.

The pen is the tongue of the mind.

The pen is the tongue of the mind.

He's happy who, far away from business, like the races of men of old, tills...

He's happy who, far away from business, like the races of men of old, tills...

Only a stomach that rarely feels hungry scorns common things.

Only a stomach that rarely feels hungry scorns common things.

He has the deed half done who has made a beginning.

He has the deed half done who has made a beginning.

Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori - It is a sweet and becoming thing...

Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori - It is a sweet and becoming thing...

Strange - is it not? That of the myriads who Before us passed the door...

Strange - is it not? That of the myriads who Before us passed the door...

He gains everyone's approval who mixes the pleasant with the useful.

He gains everyone's approval who mixes the pleasant with the useful.

The musician who always plays on the same string is laughed at

The musician who always plays on the same string is laughed at

Undeservedly you will atone for the sins of your fathers.

Undeservedly you will atone for the sins of your fathers.

Words will not fail when the matter is well considered.

Words will not fail when the matter is well considered.

You traverse the world in search of happiness, which is within the reach of every...

You traverse the world in search of happiness, which is within the reach of every...