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

Quote by Horace

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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...

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

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

He is armed without who is innocent within, be this thy screen, and this thy...

He is armed without who is innocent within, be this thy screen, and this thy...

Suffering is but another name for the teaching of experience, which is the parent of...

Suffering is but another name for the teaching of experience, which is the parent of...

He who would begun has half done. Dare to be wise; begin.

He who would begun has half done. Dare to be wise; begin.

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...

I don't think we're in Kansas anymore

I don't think we're in Kansas anymore

While fools shun one set of faults they run into the opposite one.

While fools shun one set of faults they run into the opposite one.

Seize the day, and put the least possible trust in tomorrow.

Seize the day, and put the least possible trust in tomorrow.

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

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

The man is either mad, or he is making verses.

The man is either mad, or he is making verses.

Let your literary compositions be kept from the public eye for nine years at least.

Let your literary compositions be kept from the public eye for nine years at least.

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...

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

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

Life is largely a matter of expectation.

Life is largely a matter of expectation.

Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents, which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant.

Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents, which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant.

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...

We are just statistics, born to consume resources.

We are just statistics, born to consume resources.

The pen is the tongue of the mind.

The pen is the tongue of the mind.

Only a stomach that rarely feels hungry scorns common things.

Only a stomach that rarely feels hungry scorns common things.