One wanders to the left, another to the right. Both are equally in error, but, are seduced by different delusions.

Quote by Horace

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Words will not fail when the matter is well considered.

Words will not fail when the matter is well considered.

Make money, money by fair means if you can, if not, but any means money.

Make money, money by fair means if you can, if not, but any means money.

Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori - It is a sweet and becoming thing...

Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori - It is a sweet and becoming thing...

Wisdom at times is found in folly

Wisdom at times is found in folly

Make a good use of the present.

Make a good use of the present.

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.

A word, once sent abroad, flies irrevocably.

A word, once sent abroad, flies irrevocably.

Don't think, just do.

Don't think, just do.

The age of our fathers, which was worse than that of our ancestors, produced us,...

The age of our fathers, which was worse than that of our ancestors, produced us,...

Life is largely a matter of expectation.

Life is largely a matter of expectation.

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...

The disgrace of others often keeps tender minds from vice.

The disgrace of others often keeps tender minds from vice.

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

Leave the rest to the gods.

Leave the rest to the gods.

God is becoming bitter, he envies man his mortality.

God is becoming bitter, he envies man his mortality.

It is one of our perennial problems, whether there is actually a God. From the...

It is one of our perennial problems, whether there is actually a God. From the...

Man has, as it were, become a kind of prosthetic God. When he puts on...

Man has, as it were, become a kind of prosthetic God. When he puts on...