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Horace (65 BC - 8 BC)
Roman lyric poet & satirist [more author details]

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Cease to ask what the morrow will bring forth. And set down as gain each day that Fortune grants.: Horace, Odes
Force without wisdom falls of its own weight.: Horace, Odes
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In adversity remember to keep an even mind.: Horace, Odes
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It is not the rich man you should properly call happy, but him who knows how to use with wisdom the blessings of the gods, to endure hard poverty, and who fears dishonor worse than death, and is not afraid to die for cherished friends or fatherland.: Horace, Odes
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Many brave men lived before Agamemnon; but all are overwhelmed in eternal night, unwept, unknown, because they lack a sacred poet.: Horace, Odes
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Pale Death with impartial tread beats at the poor man's cottage door and at the palaces of kings.: Horace, Odes
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Seize the day, put no trust in the morrow! [Carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero.]: Horace, Odes
Whoever cultivates the golden mean avoids both the poverty of a hovel and the envy of a palace.: Horace, Odes
With you I should love to live, with you be ready to die.: Horace, Odes
Life grants nothing to us mortals without hard work.: Horace, Satires
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There is measure in all things.: Horace, Satires
We rarely find anyone who can say he has lived a happy life, and who, content with his life, can retire from the world like a satisfied guest.: Horace, Satires

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