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

Quote by Horace

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In labouring to be concise, I become obscure.

In labouring to be concise, I become obscure.

Whoever cultivates the golden mean avoids both the poverty of a hovel and the envy...

Whoever cultivates the golden mean avoids both the poverty of a hovel and the envy...

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.

He is armed without who is innocent within, be this thy screen, and this thy...

He is armed without who is innocent within, be this thy screen, and this thy...

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...

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...

Knowledge without education is but armed injustice.

Knowledge without education is but armed injustice.

Mingle some brief folly with your wisdom.

Mingle some brief folly with your wisdom.

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...

He has not lived badly whose birth and death has been unnoticed by the world.

He has not lived badly whose birth and death has been unnoticed by the world.

Undeservedly you will atone for the sins of your fathers.

Undeservedly you will atone for the sins of your fathers.

Nothing's beautiful from every point of view.

Nothing's beautiful from every point of view.

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

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

Mistakes are their own instructors

Mistakes are their own instructors

A word, once sent abroad, flies irrevocably.

A word, once sent abroad, flies irrevocably.

When nature made you, they broke the mold - rumor has it they beat the...

When nature made you, they broke the mold - rumor has it they beat the...

The pen is the tongue of the mind.

The pen is the tongue of the mind.

Once a word has been allowed to escape, it cannot be recalled.

Once a word has been allowed to escape, it cannot be recalled.

To have a great man for a friend seems pleasant to those who have never...

To have a great man for a friend seems pleasant to those who have never...

Make a good use of the present.

Make a good use of the present.