Happy he who far from business, like the primitive are of mortals, cultivates with his own oxen the fields of his fathers, free from all anxieties of gain.

Quote by Horace

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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...

Seize the day, put no trust in the morrow

Seize the day, put no trust in the morrow

Lawyers are men who hire out their words and anger.

Lawyers are men who hire out their words and anger.

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...

A good and faithful judge ever prefers the honorable to the expedient.

A good and faithful judge ever prefers the honorable to the expedient.

Whatever your advice, make it brief.

Whatever your advice, make it brief.

Life grants nothing to us mortals without hard work.

Life grants nothing to us mortals without hard work.

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.

The disgrace of others often keeps tender minds from vice.

The disgrace of others often keeps tender minds from vice.

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...

I teach that all men are mad.

I teach that all men are mad.

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.

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

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

The pen is the tongue of the mind.

The pen is the tongue of the mind.

Nature is not cruel, pitilessly, indifferent. This is one of the hardest lessons for humans...

Nature is not cruel, pitilessly, indifferent. This is one of the hardest lessons for humans...

The man is either mad, or he is making verses.

The man is either mad, or he is making verses.

No verse can give pleasure for long, nor last, that is written by drinkers of...

No verse can give pleasure for long, nor last, that is written by drinkers of...

Old age has been charged with being insensible to pleasure and to enjoyments arising from...

Old age has been charged with being insensible to pleasure and to enjoyments arising from...

If we had no faults of our own, we would not take so much pleasure...

If we had no faults of our own, we would not take so much pleasure...