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

Quote by Horace

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Nothing's beautiful from every point of view.

Nothing's beautiful from every point of view.

Pale Death beats equally at the poor man's gate and at the palaces of kings.

Pale Death beats equally at the poor man's gate and at the palaces of kings.

If matters go badly now, they will not always be so.

If matters go badly now, they will not always be so.

It's a good thing to be foolishly gay once in a while.

It's a good thing to be foolishly gay once in a while.

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;...

The man is either mad, or he is making verses.

The man is either mad, or he is making verses.

In times of stress, be bold and valiant.

In times of stress, be bold and valiant.

No verse can give pleasure for long, nor last, that is written by drinkers of...

No verse can give pleasure for long, nor last, that is written by drinkers of...

Nature is not cruel, pitilessly, indifferent. This is one of the hardest lessons for humans...

Nature is not cruel, pitilessly, indifferent. This is one of the hardest lessons for humans...

Mingle some brief folly with your wisdom.

Mingle some brief folly with your wisdom.

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...

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.

The power of daring anything their fancy suggest, as always been conceded to the painter...

The power of daring anything their fancy suggest, as always been conceded to the painter...

Acquittal of the guilty damns the judge.

Acquittal of the guilty damns the judge.

Words will not fail when the matter is well considered.

Words will not fail when the matter is well considered.

Gloriously false, a maid famous for all time.

Gloriously false, a maid famous for all time.

Always keep your composure. You can't score from the penalty box; and to win, you...

Always keep your composure. You can't score from the penalty box; and to win, you...

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...

All my life as an artist I have asked myself: What pushes me continually to...

All my life as an artist I have asked myself: What pushes me continually to...

It seems to me that if you or I must choose between two courses of...

It seems to me that if you or I must choose between two courses of...