Subdue your passion or it will subdue you.

Quote by Horace

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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.

Time will bring to light whatever is hidden; it will cover up and conceal what...

Time will bring to light whatever is hidden; it will cover up and conceal what...

Every old poem is sacred.

Every old poem is sacred.

Great effort is required to arrest decay and restore vigor. One must exercise proper deliberation,...

Great effort is required to arrest decay and restore vigor. One must exercise proper deliberation,...

Whatever your advice, make it brief.

Whatever your advice, make it brief.

Nothing's beautiful from every point of view.

Nothing's beautiful from every point of view.

Who then is free? The one who wisely is lord of themselves, who neither poverty,...

Who then is free? The one who wisely is lord of themselves, who neither poverty,...

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...

Mediocrity is not allowed to poets, either by the gods or man

Mediocrity is not allowed to poets, either by the gods or man

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...

In labouring to be concise, I become obscure.

In labouring to be concise, I become obscure.

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...

We are just statistics, born to consume resources.

We are just statistics, born to consume resources.

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...

A word once uttered can never be recalled.

A word once uttered can never be recalled.

We rarely find anyone who can say he has lived a happy life, and who,...

We rarely find anyone who can say he has lived a happy life, and who,...

Sad people dislike the happy, and the happy the sad; the quick thinking the sedate,...

Sad people dislike the happy, and the happy the sad; the quick thinking the sedate,...

Labor diligently to increase your property.

Labor diligently to increase your property.

If matters go badly now, they will not always be so.

If matters go badly now, they will not always be so.

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

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