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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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.

This is a fault common to all singers, that among their friends they will never...

This is a fault common to all singers, that among their friends they will never...

Subdue your passion or it will subdue you.

Subdue your passion or it will subdue you.

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...

Every old poem is sacred.

Every old poem is sacred.

Knowledge without education is but armed injustice.

Knowledge without education is but armed injustice.

Usually the modest person passes for someone reserved, the silent for a sullen person.

Usually the modest person passes for someone reserved, the silent for a sullen person.

Whatever advice you give, be short.

Whatever advice you give, be short.

The pen is the tongue of the mind.

The pen is the tongue of the mind.

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

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

Sad people dislike the happy, and the happy the sad; the quick thinking the sedate,...

Sad people dislike the happy, and the happy the sad; the quick thinking the sedate,...

Only a stomach that rarely feels hungry scorns common things.

Only a stomach that rarely feels hungry scorns common things.

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.

Great effort is required to arrest decay and restore vigor. One must exercise proper deliberation,...

Great effort is required to arrest decay and restore vigor. One must exercise proper deliberation,...

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

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

You must often make erasures if you mean to write what is worthy of being...

You must often make erasures if you mean to write what is worthy of being...

For it is your business, when the wall next door catches fire.

For it is your business, when the wall next door catches fire.

Life is largely a matter of expectation.

Life is largely a matter of expectation.

A word, once sent abroad, flies irrevocably.

A word, once sent abroad, flies irrevocably.

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...