O imitators, you slavish herd!

Quote by Horace

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Sad people dislike the happy, and the happy the sad; the quick thinking the sedate,...

Sad people dislike the happy, and the happy the sad; the quick thinking the sedate,...

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...

Usually the modest person passes for someone reserved, the silent for a sullen person.

Usually the modest person passes for someone reserved, the silent for a sullen person.

Seize the day, put no trust in the morrow

Seize the day, put no trust in the morrow

Every old poem is sacred.

Every old poem is sacred.

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...

A picture is a poem without words.

A picture is a poem without words.

Begin, be bold and venture to be wise.

Begin, be bold and venture to be wise.

Adversity reveals genius, prosperity conceals it.

Adversity reveals genius, prosperity conceals it.

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...

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...

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

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

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.

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...

Choose a subject equal to your abilities; think carefully what your shoulders may refuse, and...

Choose a subject equal to your abilities; think carefully what your shoulders may refuse, and...

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...

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

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

Great effort is required to arrest decay and restore vigor. One must exercise proper deliberation,...

Great effort is required to arrest decay and restore vigor. One must exercise proper deliberation,...

I find it an effort to keep up appearances.

I find it an effort to keep up appearances.

Nothing worth having was ever achieved without effort.

Nothing worth having was ever achieved without effort.