Refrain from asking what going to happen tomorrow, and everyday that fortune grants you, count as gain.

Quote by Horace

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The disgrace of others often keeps tender minds from vice.

The disgrace of others often keeps tender minds from vice.

Cease to inquire what the future has in store, and take as a gift whatever...

Cease to inquire what the future has in store, and take as a gift whatever...

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.

The one who cannot restrain their anger will wish undone, what their temper and irritation...

The one who cannot restrain their anger will wish undone, what their temper and irritation...

Poets wish to profit or to please.

Poets wish to profit or to please.

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.

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

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

He's happy who, far away from business, like the races of men of old, tills...

He's happy who, far away from business, like the races of men of old, tills...

Life is largely a matter of expectation.

Life is largely a matter of expectation.

Few cross the river of time and are able to reach non-being. Most of them...

Few cross the river of time and are able to reach non-being. Most of them...

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...

It is your concern when your neighbor's wall is on fire.

It is your concern when your neighbor's wall is on fire.

Your own safety is at stake when your neighbor's wall is ablaze.

Your own safety is at stake when your neighbor's wall is ablaze.

Nothing is swifter than rumor.

Nothing is swifter than rumor.

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...

No poems can please for long or live that are written by water drinkers.

No poems can please for long or live that are written by water drinkers.

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

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

If you would have me weep, you must first of all feel grief yourself.

If you would have me weep, you must first of all feel grief yourself.

I come into the peace of wild things who do not tax their lives with...

I come into the peace of wild things who do not tax their lives with...

If a man be gloomy let him keep to himself. No one has the right...

If a man be gloomy let him keep to himself. No one has the right...