Make a good use of the present.

Quote by Horace

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It is courage, courage, courage, that raises the blood of life to crimson splendor. Live...

It is courage, courage, courage, that raises the blood of life to crimson splendor. Live...

Lawyers are men who hire out their words and anger.

Lawyers are men who hire out their words and anger.

The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes.

The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes.

Poets wish to profit or to please.

Poets wish to profit or to please.

It's a good thing to be foolishly gay once in a while.

It's a good thing to be foolishly gay once in a while.

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.

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...

Men cease to think when they think they know it all.

Men cease to think when they think they know it all.

True friends appear less mov'd than counterfeit; As men that grieve at funerals are not...

True friends appear less mov'd than counterfeit; As men that grieve at funerals are not...

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.

I teach that all men are mad.

I teach that all men are mad.

Instead of forming new words I recommend to you any kind of artful management by...

Instead of forming new words I recommend to you any kind of artful management by...

Every old poem is sacred.

Every old poem is sacred.

He possesses dominion over himself, and is happy, who can every day say, I have...

He possesses dominion over himself, and is happy, who can every day say, I have...

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

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

He who would begun has half done. Dare to be wise; begin.

He who would begun has half done. Dare to be wise; begin.

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...

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...

We are free to yield to truth.

We are free to yield to truth.

Good sense is both the first principal and the parent source of good writing.

Good sense is both the first principal and the parent source of good writing.