He's happy who, far away from business, like the races of men of old, tills his ancestral fields with his own oxen, unbound by any interest to pay.

Quote by Horace

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Money is a handmaiden if thou knowest how to use it; a mistress if thou...

Money is a handmaiden if thou knowest how to use it; a mistress if thou...

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

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

Anger is a momentary madness, so control your passion or it will control you.

Anger is a momentary madness, so control your passion or it will control you.

It is your business when the wall next door catches fire.

It is your business when the wall next door catches fire.

The envious man grows lean at the success of his neighbor.

The envious man grows lean at the success of his neighbor.

We are just statistics, born to consume resources.

We are just statistics, born to consume resources.

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...

We are often deterred from crime by the disgrace of others.

We are often deterred from crime by the disgrace of others.

Don't think, just do.

Don't think, just do.

Great thoughts speak only to the thoughtful mind, but great actions speak to all mankind.

Great thoughts speak only to the thoughtful mind, but great actions speak to all mankind.

Gloriously false, a maid famous for all time.

Gloriously false, a maid famous for all time.

O imitators, you slavish herd!

O imitators, you slavish herd!

I strive to be brief but I become obscure.

I strive to be brief but I become obscure.

Why do you hasten to remove anything which hurts your eye, while if something affects...

Why do you hasten to remove anything which hurts your eye, while if something affects...

Mediocrity is not allowed to poets, either by the gods or man

Mediocrity is not allowed to poets, either by the gods or man

The foolish are like ripples on water, For whatsoever they do is quickly effaced; But...

The foolish are like ripples on water, For whatsoever they do is quickly effaced; But...

It is an undoubted truth, that the less one has to do, the less time...

It is an undoubted truth, that the less one has to do, the less time...

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...

When things are steep, remember to stay level-headed.

When things are steep, remember to stay level-headed.

Life is largely a matter of expectation.

Life is largely a matter of expectation.