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

Quote by Horace

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Pale Death beats equally at the poor man's gate and at the palaces of kings.

Pale Death beats equally at the poor man's gate and at the palaces of kings.

Money is a handmaiden, if thou knowest how to use it; a mistress, if thou...

Money is a handmaiden, if thou knowest how to use it; a mistress, if thou...

Words will not fail when the matter is well considered.

Words will not fail when the matter is well considered.

Gloriously false, a maid famous for all time.

Gloriously false, a maid famous for all time.

We are just statistics, born to consume resources.

We are just statistics, born to consume resources.

Clogged with yesterday's excess, the body drags the mind down with it.

Clogged with yesterday's excess, the body drags the mind down with it.

In labouring to be concise, I become obscure.

In labouring to be concise, I become obscure.

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

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

Mingle some brief folly with your wisdom.

Mingle some brief folly with your wisdom.

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...

Poets wish to profit or to please.

Poets wish to profit or to please.

Fidelity is the sister of justice.

Fidelity is the sister of justice.

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...

Anger is a brief madness.

Anger is a brief madness.

Avoid greatness; in a cottage there may be more real happiness than kings or their...

Avoid greatness; in a cottage there may be more real happiness than kings or their...

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...

The pen is the tongue of the mind.

The pen is the tongue of the mind.

When nature made you, they broke the mold - rumor has it they beat the...

When nature made you, they broke the mold - rumor has it they beat the...

Every old poem is sacred.

Every old poem is sacred.

Though you drive Nature out with a pitchfork, she will still find her way back.

Though you drive Nature out with a pitchfork, she will still find her way back.