Get money first; virtue comes later.

Quote by Horace

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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...

A picture is a poem without words.

A picture is a poem without words.

Seize the day, and put the least possible trust in tomorrow.

Seize the day, and put the least possible trust in tomorrow.

It is when I struggle to be brief that I become obscure.

It is when I struggle to be brief that I become obscure.

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.

Suffering is but another name for the teaching of experience, which is the parent of...

Suffering is but another name for the teaching of experience, which is the parent of...

Whatever your advice, make it brief

Whatever your advice, make it brief

If you would have me weep, you must first of all feel grief yourself.

If you would have me weep, you must first of all feel grief yourself.

He who would begun has half done. Dare to be wise; begin.

He who would begun has half done. Dare to be wise; begin.

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.

He gains everyone's approval who mixes the pleasant with the useful.

He gains everyone's approval who mixes the pleasant with the useful.

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...

Every old poem is sacred.

Every old poem is sacred.

Subdue your passion or it will subdue you.

Subdue your passion or it will subdue you.

Adversity reveals genius, prosperity conceals it.

Adversity reveals genius, prosperity conceals it.

In labouring to be concise, I become obscure.

In labouring to be concise, I become obscure.

Why harass with eternal purposes a mind to weak to grasp them?

Why harass with eternal purposes a mind to weak to grasp them?

Mix a little foolishness with your serious plans. It is lovely to be silly at...

Mix a little foolishness with your serious plans. It is lovely to be silly at...

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,...

I hate the irreverent rabble and keep them far from me.

I hate the irreverent rabble and keep them far from me.