Undeservedly you will atone for the sins of your fathers.

Quote by Horace

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Instead of forming new words I recommend to you any kind of artful management by...

Instead of forming new words I recommend to you any kind of artful management by...

Let your literary compositions be kept from the public eye for nine years at least.

Let your literary compositions be kept from the public eye for nine years at least.

Don't think, just do.

Don't think, just do.

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...

O imitators, you slavish herd!

O imitators, you slavish herd!

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,...

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

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

He who postpones the hour of living is like the rustic who waits for the...

He who postpones the hour of living is like the rustic who waits for the...

Knowledge without education is but armed injustice.

Knowledge without education is but armed injustice.

Fortune makes a fool of those she favors too much.

Fortune makes a fool of those she favors too much.

We are often deterred from crime by the disgrace of others.

We are often deterred from crime by the disgrace of others.

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...

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

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

Acquittal of the guilty damns the judge.

Acquittal of the guilty damns the judge.

Refrain from asking what going to happen tomorrow, and everyday that fortune grants you, count...

Refrain from asking what going to happen tomorrow, and everyday that fortune grants you, count...

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...

Whatever your advice, make it brief.

Whatever your advice, make it brief.

Suffering is but another name for the teaching of experience, which is the parent of...

Suffering is but another name for the teaching of experience, which is the parent of...

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

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

One wanders to the left, another to the right. Both are equally in error, but,...

One wanders to the left, another to the right. Both are equally in error, but,...