O imitators, you slavish herd!

Quote by Horace

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Whatever advice you give, be short.

Whatever advice you give, be short.

Pale death, with impartial step, knocks at the hut of the poor and the towers...

Pale death, with impartial step, knocks at the hut of the poor and the towers...

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.

The foolish are like ripples on water, For whatsoever they do is quickly effaced; But...

The foolish are like ripples on water, For whatsoever they do is quickly effaced; But...

Life grants nothing to us mortals without hard work.

Life grants nothing to us mortals without hard work.

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

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

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...

The musician who always plays on the same string is laughed at

The musician who always plays on the same string is laughed at

He who is greedy is always in want.

He who is greedy is always in want.

Wisdom at times is found in folly

Wisdom at times is found in folly

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...

Avoid inquisitive persons, for they are sure to be gossips, their ears are open to...

Avoid inquisitive persons, for they are sure to be gossips, their ears are open to...

You may drive out nature with a pitchfork, yet she'll be constantly running back.

You may drive out nature with a pitchfork, yet she'll be constantly running back.

Knowledge without education is but armed injustice.

Knowledge without education is but armed injustice.

I don't think we're in Kansas anymore

I don't think we're in Kansas anymore

Whoever cultivates the golden mean avoids both the poverty of a hovel and the envy...

Whoever cultivates the golden mean avoids both the poverty of a hovel and the envy...

Every old poem is sacred.

Every old poem is sacred.

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.

Poets wish to profit or to please.

Poets wish to profit or to please.

Life is largely a matter of expectation.

Life is largely a matter of expectation.