No verse can give pleasure for long, nor last, that is written by drinkers of water.

Quote by Horace

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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...

Whatever advice you give, be short.

Whatever advice you give, be short.

Think to yourself that every day is your last

Think to yourself that every day is your last

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.

Wisdom is not wisdom when it is derived from books alone.

Wisdom is not wisdom when it is derived from books alone.

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.

No man ever reached to excellence in any one art or profession without having passed...

No man ever reached to excellence in any one art or profession without having passed...

Once a word has been allowed to escape, it cannot be recalled.

Once a word has been allowed to escape, it cannot be recalled.

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...

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.

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

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

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

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

I never think at all when I write. Nobody can do two things at the...

I never think at all when I write. Nobody can do two things at the...

A good and faithful judge ever prefers the honorable to the expedient.

A good and faithful judge ever prefers the honorable to the expedient.

A word once uttered can never be recalled.

A word once uttered can never be recalled.

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.

A host is like a general: calamities often reveal his genius.

A host is like a general: calamities often reveal his genius.

In labouring to be concise, I become obscure.

In labouring to be concise, I become obscure.

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

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

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...