In labouring to be concise, I become obscure.

Quote by Horace

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Refrain from asking what going to happen tomorrow, and everyday that fortune grants you, count...

Refrain from asking what going to happen tomorrow, and everyday that fortune grants you, count...

The pen is the tongue of the mind.

The pen is the tongue of the mind.

Labor diligently to increase your property.

Labor diligently to increase your property.

What we learn only through the ears makes less impression upon our minds than what...

What we learn only through the ears makes less impression upon our minds than what...

Mingle some brief folly with your wisdom.

Mingle some brief folly with your wisdom.

I hate the irreverent rabble and keep them far from me.

I hate the irreverent rabble and keep them far from me.

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...

It is of no consequence of what parents a man is born, as long as...

It is of no consequence of what parents a man is born, as long as...

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...

Begin, be bold and venture to be wise.

Begin, be bold and venture to be wise.

Hired mourners at a funeral say and do - A little more than they whose...

Hired mourners at a funeral say and do - A little more than they whose...

A word once uttered can never be recalled.

A word once uttered can never be recalled.

Make a good use of the present.

Make a good use of the present.

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 a man's fortune does not fit him, it is like the shoe in the...

If a man's fortune does not fit him, it is like the shoe in the...

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.

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

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

Poets wish to profit or to please.

Poets wish to profit or to please.

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...

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

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