You must often make erasures if you mean to write what is worthy of being read a second time; and don't labor for the admiration of the crowd, but be content with a few choice readers.

Quote by Horace

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Who then is free? The one who wisely is lord of themselves, who neither poverty,...

Who then is free? The one who wisely is lord of themselves, who neither poverty,...

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...

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...

You [the people] are a many-headed beast.

You [the people] are a many-headed beast.

In labouring to be concise, I become obscure.

In labouring to be concise, I become obscure.

Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents, which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant.

Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents, which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant.

Mistakes are their own instructors

Mistakes are their own instructors

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...

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

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

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.

It is your concern when your neighbor's wall is on fire.

It is your concern when your neighbor's wall is on fire.

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,...

Who then is free? The wise man who can command himself.

Who then is free? The wise man who can command himself.

Leave the rest to the gods.

Leave the rest to the gods.

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

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

Nature is not cruel, pitilessly, indifferent. This is one of the hardest lessons for humans...

Nature is not cruel, pitilessly, indifferent. This is one of the hardest lessons for humans...

Only a stomach that rarely feels hungry scorns common things.

Only a stomach that rarely feels hungry scorns common things.

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...

Pale death, with impartial step, knocks at the hut of the poor and the towers...

Pale death, with impartial step, knocks at the hut of the poor and the towers...

A host is like a general: calamities often reveal his genius.

A host is like a general: calamities often reveal his genius.