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Qintus Horatius Flaccus
Ancient Rome
8 Dec -65 // 27 Nov -8
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On Virtue:
Virtue lies half way between two opposite vices
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On Greats:
To the inexperienced it is a pleasant thing to court the favour of the great; an experienced man fears it
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On Poverty:
Those who say nothing about their poverty will obtain more than those who turn beggars
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On Fault:
There are faults we would fain pardon
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On Humanity:
The tendency of humanity is towards the forbidden
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On Melancholy:
The sad dislike those who are cheerful, and the cheerful dislike the melancholy
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On Desire:
The miser is ever in want
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On Happiness:
The hour of happiness which comes unexpectedly is the happiest
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On Power:
The higher the tower, the greater the fall thereof
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On Advice:
Superfluous advice is not retained by the full mind
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
On Anger:
"For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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Friedrich Nietzsche
On Destiny:
"Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Francis Bacon
On Friendship:
"A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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