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Quotes from Satires — Horace

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What odds does it make to the man who lives within Nature's bounds, whether he ploughs a hundred acres or a thousand?

Satires (-35)

Then take, good sir, your pleasure while you may;
With life so short 'twere wrong to lose a day.

Satires (-35)

O Fortune, cruellest of heavenly powers,
Why make such game of this poor life of ours?

Satires (-35)

Often must you turn your pencil to erase, if you hope to write something worth a second reading.

Satires (-35)

People are enticed by a desire which continually cheats them.
‘Nothing is enough,’ they say, ‘for you’re only worth what you have.’

Satires (-35)

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

Satires (-35)

This to the right, that to the left hand strays,
And all are wrong, but wrong in different ways.

Satires (-35)

'Tis not sufficient to combine
Well-chosen words in a well-ordered line.

Satires (-35)

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.

Satires (-35)

Life grants nothing to us mortals without hard work.
Life has given nothing to mortals without great labor.

Satires (-35)

What is to prevent one from telling truth as he laughs, even as teachers sometimes give cookies to children to coax them into learning their A B C?

Satires (-35)

In peace, as a wise man, he should make suitable preparation for war.

Satires (-35)

The mind enamored with deceptive things, declines things better.

Satires (-35)

Let’s put a limit to the scramble for money. ...
Having got what you wanted, you ought to begin to bring that struggle to an end.

Satires (-35)

So live, my boys, as brave men; and if fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts.

Satires (-35)

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