To marvel at nothing is just about the one and only thing, Numicius, that can make a man happy and keep him that way.
HoraceThink to yourself that every day is your last; the hour to which you do not look forward will come as a welcome surprise.
HoraceAlas, Postumus, the fleeting years slip by, nor will piety give any stay to wrinkles and pressing old age and untamable death.
HoraceWhat does drunkenness accomplish? It discloses secrets, it ratifies hopes, and urges even the unarmed to battle.
HoraceGrammatici certant et adhuc sub iudice lis est. - Grammarians dispute, and the case it still before the courts.
HoraceMix a little foolishness with your serious plans. It is lovely to be silly at the right moment.
HoraceLet not a god interfere unless where a god's assistance is necessary. [Adopt extreme measures only in extreme cases.]
HoraceThe foolish are like ripples on water, For whatsoever they do is quickly effaced; But the righteous are like carvings upon stone, For their smallest act is durable.
HoraceThe lofty pine is most easily brought low by the force of the wind, and the higher the tower the greater the fall thereof.
HoraceDrive Nature out with a pitchfork, yet she hurries back, And will burst through your foolish contempt, triumphant.
HoraceRains driven by storms fall not perpetually on the land already sodden, neither do varying gales for ever disturb the Caspian sea.
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