Why harass with eternal purposes a mind to weak to grasp them?

Quote by Horace

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Lawyers are men who hire out their words and anger.

Lawyers are men who hire out their words and anger.

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...

Nothing's beautiful from every point of view.

Nothing's beautiful from every point of view.

Adversity reveals genius, prosperity conceals it.

Adversity reveals genius, prosperity conceals it.

In labouring to be concise, I become obscure.

In labouring to be concise, I become obscure.

Cease to inquire what the future has in store, and take as a gift whatever...

Cease to inquire what the future has in store, and take as a gift whatever...

Knowledge without education is but armed injustice.

Knowledge without education is but armed injustice.

Make money, money by fair means if you can, if not, but any means money.

Make money, money by fair means if you can, if not, but any means money.

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,...

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...

Every old poem is sacred.

Every old poem is sacred.

Anger is a short madness.

Anger is a short madness.

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

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

Though you drive Nature out with a pitchfork, she will still find her way back.

Though you drive Nature out with a pitchfork, she will still find her way back.

Poets wish to profit or to please.

Poets wish to profit or to please.

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.

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,...

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

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

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.

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...