Strange - is it not? That of the myriads who Before us passed the door of Darkness through, Not one returns to tell us of the road Which to discover we must travel too.

Quote by Horace

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Make a good use of the present.

Make a good use of the present.

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.

Remember when life's path is steep to keep your mind even.

Remember when life's path is steep to keep your mind even.

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...

A picture is a poem without words.

A picture is a poem without words.

He tosses aside his paint-pots and his words a foot and a half long.

He tosses aside his paint-pots and his words a foot and a half long.

He gains everyone's approval who mixes the pleasant with the useful.

He gains everyone's approval who mixes the pleasant with the useful.

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...

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.

Every old poem is sacred.

Every old poem is sacred.

Happy he who far from business, like the primitive are of mortals, cultivates with his...

Happy he who far from business, like the primitive are of mortals, cultivates with his...

It is no great art to say something briefly when, like Tacitus, one has something...

It is no great art to say something briefly when, like Tacitus, one has something...

Nature is not cruel, pitilessly, indifferent. This is one of the hardest lessons for humans...

Nature is not cruel, pitilessly, indifferent. This is one of the hardest lessons for humans...

Lawyers are men who hire out their words and anger.

Lawyers are men who hire out their words and anger.

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...

For it is your business, when the wall next door catches fire.

For it is your business, when the wall next door catches fire.

No man ever reached to excellence in any one art or profession without having passed...

No man ever reached to excellence in any one art or profession without having passed...

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...

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...

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...