He has the deed half done who has made a beginning.

Quote by Horace

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A picture is a poem without words.

A picture is a poem without words.

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,...

Pale Death beats equally at the poor man's gate and at the palaces of kings.

Pale Death beats equally at the poor man's gate and at the palaces of kings.

Nothing is swifter than rumor.

Nothing is swifter than rumor.

Lawyers are men who hire out their words and anger.

Lawyers are men who hire out their words and anger.

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

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

Whatever advice you give, be short.

Whatever advice you give, be short.

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...

Poets wish to profit or to please.

Poets wish to profit or to please.

Mountains will go into labour, and a silly little mouse will be born.

Mountains will go into labour, and a silly little mouse will be born.

Think to yourself that every day is your last

Think to yourself that every day is your last

Strange - is it not? That of the myriads who Before us passed the door...

Strange - is it not? That of the myriads who Before us passed the door...

Happy he who far from business, like the primitive are of mortals, cultivates with his...

Happy he who far from business, like the primitive are of mortals, cultivates with his...

Gloriously false, a maid famous for all time.

Gloriously false, a maid famous for all time.

Whatever your advice, make it brief.

Whatever your advice, make it brief.

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.

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.

I teach that all men are mad.

I teach that all men are mad.

The power of daring anything their fancy suggest, as always been conceded to the painter...

The power of daring anything their fancy suggest, as always been conceded to the painter...

If matters go badly now, they will not always be so.

If matters go badly now, they will not always be so.