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

Quote by Horace

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The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes.

The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes.

Life grants nothing to us mortals without hard work.

Life grants nothing to us mortals without hard work.

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

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

Your own safety is at stake when your neighbor's wall is ablaze.

Your own safety is at stake when your neighbor's wall is ablaze.

He has not lived badly whose birth and death has been unnoticed by the world.

He has not lived badly whose birth and death has been unnoticed by the world.

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...

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...

Seize the day, put no trust in the morrow

Seize the day, put no trust in the morrow

Who then is free? The wise who can command his passions, who fears not want,...

Who then is free? The wise who can command his passions, who fears not want,...

A shoe that is too large is apt to trip one, and when too small,...

A shoe that is too large is apt to trip one, and when too small,...

Every old poem is sacred.

Every old poem is sacred.

Carpe diem! Rejoice while you are alive; enjoy the day; live life to the fullest;...

Carpe diem! Rejoice while you are alive; enjoy the day; live life to the fullest;...

For it is your business, when the wall next door catches fire.

For it is your business, when the wall next door catches fire.

If you would have me weep, you must first of all feel grief yourself.

If you would have me weep, you must first of all feel grief yourself.

The pen is the tongue of the mind.

The pen is the tongue of the mind.

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...

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...

Gloriously false, a maid famous for all time.

Gloriously false, a maid famous for all time.

It is cruel, you know, that music should be so beautiful. It has the beauty...

It is cruel, you know, that music should be so beautiful. It has the beauty...

A sympathetic friend can be quite as dear as a brother.

A sympathetic friend can be quite as dear as a brother.