A picture is a poem without words.

Quote by Horace

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Every old poem is sacred.

Every old poem is sacred.

No man ever reached to excellence in any one art or profession without having passed...

No man ever reached to excellence in any one art or profession without having passed...

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.

We are free to yield to truth.

We are free to yield to truth.

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...

It is your business when the wall next door catches fire.

It is your business when the wall next door catches fire.

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.

I never think at all when I write. Nobody can do two things at the...

I never think at all when I write. Nobody can do two things at the...

Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents, which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant.

Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents, which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant.

Why do you hasten to remove anything which hurts your eye, while if something affects...

Why do you hasten to remove anything which hurts your eye, while if something affects...

Adversity reveals genius, prosperity conceals it.

Adversity reveals genius, prosperity conceals it.

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...

He who postpones the hour of living is like the rustic who waits for the...

He who postpones the hour of living is like the rustic who waits for the...

A shoe that is too large is apt to trip one, and when too small,...

A shoe that is too large is apt to trip one, and when too small,...

Mistakes are their own instructors

Mistakes are their own instructors

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.

The foolish are like ripples on water, For whatsoever they do is quickly effaced; But...

The foolish are like ripples on water, For whatsoever they do is quickly effaced; But...

Wisdom at times is found in folly

Wisdom at times is found in folly

Some of the best lessons we ever learn are learned from past mistakes. The error...

Some of the best lessons we ever learn are learned from past mistakes. The error...

Wisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many...

Wisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many...