The foolish are like ripples on water, For whatsoever they do is quickly effaced; But the righteous are like carvings upon stone, For their smallest act is durable.

Quote by Horace

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Acquittal of the guilty damns the judge.

Acquittal of the guilty damns the judge.

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

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

Mix a little foolishness with your serious plans. It is lovely to be silly at...

Mix a little foolishness with your serious plans. It is lovely to be silly at...

The envious man grows lean at the success of his neighbor.

The envious man grows lean at the success of his neighbor.

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

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

It is a sweet and seemly thing to die for one's country.

It is a sweet and seemly thing to die for one's country.

Nothing is swifter than rumor.

Nothing is swifter than rumor.

A heart well prepared for adversity in bad times hopes, and in good times fears...

A heart well prepared for adversity in bad times hopes, and in good times fears...

It is of no consequence of what parents a man is born, as long as...

It is of no consequence of what parents a man is born, as long as...

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...

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...

Make a good use of the present.

Make a good use of the present.

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...

It is the false shame of fools to try to conceal wounds that have not...

It is the false shame of fools to try to conceal wounds that have not...

The foolish are like ripples on water, For whatsoever they do is quickly effaced; But...

The foolish are like ripples on water, For whatsoever they do is quickly effaced; But...

Strange - is it not? That of the myriads who Before us passed the door...

Strange - is it not? That of the myriads who Before us passed the door...

The man is either mad, or he is making verses.

The man is either mad, or he is making verses.

He has the deed half done who has made a beginning.

He has the deed half done who has made a beginning.

Life grants nothing to us mortals without hard work.

Life grants nothing to us mortals without hard work.

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

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