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

Quote by Horace

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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...

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 who is greedy is always in want.

He who is greedy is always in want.

In adversity remember to keep an even mind.

In adversity remember to keep an even mind.

You [the people] are a many-headed beast.

You [the people] are a many-headed beast.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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...

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 your concern when your neighbor's wall is on fire.

It is your concern when your neighbor's wall is on fire.

Gloriously false, a maid famous for all time.

Gloriously false, a maid famous for all time.

Virtue, dear friend, needs no defense, The surest guard is innocence: None knew, till guilt...

Virtue, dear friend, needs no defense, The surest guard is innocence: None knew, till guilt...

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...

O imitators, you slavish herd!

O imitators, you slavish herd!

The disgrace of others often keeps tender minds from vice.

The disgrace of others often keeps tender minds from vice.

It is no great art to say something briefly when, like Tacitus, one has something...

It is no great art to say something briefly when, like Tacitus, one has something...

I teach that all men are mad.

I teach that all men are mad.

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.