Subdue your passion or it will subdue you.

Quote by Horace

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It is when I struggle to be brief that I become obscure.

It is when I struggle to be brief that I become obscure.

I strive to be brief but I become obscure.

I strive to be brief but I become obscure.

To have a great man for a friend seems pleasant to those who have never...

To have a great man for a friend seems pleasant to those who have never...

Gloriously false, a maid famous for all time.

Gloriously false, a maid famous for all time.

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...

Undeservedly you will atone for the sins of your fathers.

Undeservedly you will atone for the sins of your fathers.

The power of daring anything their fancy suggest, as always been conceded to the painter...

The power of daring anything their fancy suggest, as always been conceded to the painter...

Leave the rest to the gods.

Leave the rest to the gods.

He who is greedy is always in want.

He who is greedy is always in want.

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

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

Usually the modest person passes for someone reserved, the silent for a sullen person.

Usually the modest person passes for someone reserved, the silent for a sullen person.

You may drive out nature with a pitchfork, yet she'll be constantly running back.

You may drive out nature with a pitchfork, yet she'll be constantly running back.

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...

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.

True friends appear less mov'd than counterfeit; As men that grieve at funerals are not...

True friends appear less mov'd than counterfeit; As men that grieve at funerals are not...

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.

Don't think, just do.

Don't think, just do.

The greatest happiness is to transform one's feelings into action

The greatest happiness is to transform one's feelings into action

Thought is the blossom; language the bud; action the fruit behind it

Thought is the blossom; language the bud; action the fruit behind it

Concern should drive us into action and not into depression

Concern should drive us into action and not into depression

To think that the new economy is over is like somebody in London in 1830...

To think that the new economy is over is like somebody in London in 1830...