Whoever cultivates the golden mean avoids both the poverty of a hovel and the envy of a palace.

Quote by Horace

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Subdue your passion or it will subdue you.

Subdue your passion or it will subdue you.

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...

A picture is a poem without words.

A picture is a poem without words.

He who is greedy is always in want.

He who is greedy is always in want.

Subdue your passion or it will subdue you

Subdue your passion or it will subdue you

He's happy who, far away from business, like the races of men of old, tills...

He's happy who, far away from business, like the races of men of old, tills...

Nothing is swifter than rumor.

Nothing is swifter than rumor.

Hired mourners at a funeral say and do - A little more than they whose...

Hired mourners at a funeral say and do - A little more than they whose...

Anger is a momentary madness, so control your passion or it will control you.

Anger is a momentary madness, so control your passion or it will control you.

We are free to yield to truth.

We are free to yield to truth.

Fidelity is the sister of justice.

Fidelity is the sister of justice.

I never think at all when I write. Nobody can do two things at the...

I never think at all when I write. Nobody can do two things at the...

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

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

It is courage, courage, courage, that raises the blood of life to crimson splendor. Live...

It is courage, courage, courage, that raises the blood of life to crimson splendor. Live...

You traverse the world in search of happiness, which is within the reach of every...

You traverse the world in search of happiness, which is within the reach of every...

Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori - It is a sweet and becoming thing...

Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori - It is a sweet and becoming thing...

Men cease to think when they think they know it all.

Men cease to think when they think they know it all.

Think to yourself that every day is your last

Think to yourself that every day is your last

Don't be fooled by the calendar. There are only as many days in the year...

Don't be fooled by the calendar. There are only as many days in the year...

But what minutes! Count them by sensation, and not by calendars, and each moment is...

But what minutes! Count them by sensation, and not by calendars, and each moment is...