Great effort is required to arrest decay and restore vigor. One must exercise proper deliberation, plan carefully before making a move, and be alert in guarding against relapse following a renaissance.

Quote by Horace

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The one who cannot restrain their anger will wish undone, what their temper and irritation...

The one who cannot restrain their anger will wish undone, what their temper and irritation...

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.

Pale death, with impartial step, knocks at the hut of the poor and the towers...

Pale death, with impartial step, knocks at the hut of the poor and the towers...

Who then is free? The wise who can command his passions, who fears not want,...

Who then is free? The wise who can command his passions, who fears not want,...

Words will not fail when the matter is well considered.

Words will not fail when the matter is well considered.

Subdue your passion or it will subdue you

Subdue your passion or it will subdue you

Life grants nothing to us mortals without hard work.

Life grants nothing to us mortals without hard work.

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.

Though you drive Nature out with a pitchfork, she will still find her way back.

Though you drive Nature out with a pitchfork, she will still find her way back.

Anger is a brief madness.

Anger is a brief madness.

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 of no consequence of what parents a man is born, so he be...

It is of no consequence of what parents a man is born, so he be...

Nothing's beautiful from every point of view.

Nothing's beautiful from every point of view.

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

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

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,...

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...

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...

Acquittal of the guilty damns the judge.

Acquittal of the guilty damns the judge.

You can have no influence over those for whom you have underlying contempt.

You can have no influence over those for whom you have underlying contempt.

Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you...

Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you...