Choose a subject equal to your abilities; think carefully what your shoulders may refuse, and what they are capable of bearing.

Quote by Horace

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A portion of mankind take pride in their vices and pursue their purpose; many more...

A portion of mankind take pride in their vices and pursue their purpose; many more...

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

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

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.

Mingle some brief folly with your wisdom.

Mingle some brief folly with your wisdom.

Life is largely a matter of expectation.

Life is largely a matter of expectation.

Poets wish to profit or to please.

Poets wish to profit or to please.

Undeservedly you will atone for the sins of your fathers.

Undeservedly you will atone for the sins of your fathers.

No poems can please for long or live that are written by water drinkers.

No poems can please for long or live that are written by water drinkers.

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;...

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.

Anger is a short madness.

Anger is a short madness.

In adversity remember to keep an even mind.

In adversity remember to keep an even mind.

Acquittal of the guilty damns the judge.

Acquittal of the guilty damns the judge.

It is an undoubted truth, that the less one has to do, the less time...

It is an undoubted truth, that the less one has to do, the less time...

Adversity reveals genius, prosperity conceals it.

Adversity reveals genius, prosperity conceals it.

Gloriously false, a maid famous for all time.

Gloriously false, a maid famous for all time.

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...

The age of our fathers, which was worse than that of our ancestors, produced us,...

The age of our fathers, which was worse than that of our ancestors, produced us,...

In our age there is no such thing as 'keeping out of politics.' All issues...

In our age there is no such thing as 'keeping out of politics.' All issues...

In this age, the man who dares to think for himself and to act independently...

In this age, the man who dares to think for himself and to act independently...

If you ever see me getting beaten by the police, put down the video camera...

If you ever see me getting beaten by the police, put down the video camera...