Subdue your passion or it will subdue you.

Quote by Horace

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Let your literary compositions be kept from the public eye for nine years at least.

Let your literary compositions be kept from the public eye for nine years at least.

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

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

Instead of forming new words I recommend to you any kind of artful management by...

Instead of forming new words I recommend to you any kind of artful management by...

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

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

Words will not fail when the matter is well considered.

Words will not fail when the matter is well considered.

Don't think, just do.

Don't think, just do.

Refrain from asking what going to happen tomorrow, and everyday that fortune grants you, count...

Refrain from asking what going to happen tomorrow, and everyday that fortune grants you, count...

It is no great art to say something briefly when, like Tacitus, one has something...

It is no great art to say something briefly when, like Tacitus, one has something...

A word once uttered can never be recalled.

A word once uttered can never be recalled.

You must avoid sloth, that wicked siren.

You must avoid sloth, that wicked siren.

Begin, be bold and venture to be wise.

Begin, be bold and venture to be wise.

Hired mourners at a funeral say and do - A little more than they whose...

Hired mourners at a funeral say and do - A little more than they whose...

A host is like a general: calamities often reveal his genius.

A host is like a general: calamities often reveal his genius.

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

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

What we learn only through the ears makes less impression upon our minds than what...

What we learn only through the ears makes less impression upon our minds than what...

Undeservedly you will atone for the sins of your fathers.

Undeservedly you will atone for the sins of your fathers.

Though you drive Nature out with a pitchfork, she will still find her way back.

Though you drive Nature out with a pitchfork, she will still find her way back.

While fools shun one set of faults they run into the opposite one.

While fools shun one set of faults they run into the opposite one.

The pen is the tongue of the mind.

The pen is the tongue of the mind.

Your own safety is at stake when your neighbor's wall is ablaze.

Your own safety is at stake when your neighbor's wall is ablaze.