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

Horace on freedom   

"He gains everyone's approval who mixes the pleasant with the useful."

Horace on function
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"Help a man against his will and you do the same as murder him."

Horace on aid and assistance
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"Begin, be bold and venture to be wise."

Horace on goals
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"You traverse the world in search of happiness, which is within the reach of every man. A contented mind confers it on all."

Horace on happiness
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"A jest often decides matters of importance more effectual and happily than seriousness."

Horace on humor   

"Life gives nothing to man without labor."

Horace on labor
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"You must avoid sloth, that wicked siren."

Horace on laziness   

"Anger is a brief lunacy."

Horace on anger
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"Anger is a momentary madness, so control your passion or it will control you."

Horace on anger
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"Subdue your passion or it will subdue you."

Horace on love
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"He will always be a slave who does not know how to live upon a little."

Horace on moderation   

"Usually the modest person passes for someone reserved, the silent for a sullen person"

Horace on modesty   

"You may drive out nature with a pitchfork, yet she'll be constantly running back."

Horace on nature   

"Your own safety is at stake when your neighbor's house is in flames."

Horace on neighbors   

"Why harass with eternal purposes a mind to weak to grasp them?"

Horace on persuasion   

"One wanders to the left, another to the right. Both are equally in error, but, are seduced by different delusions."

Horace on politics   

"How does it happen, Maecenas, that no one is content with that lot of which he has chosen or which chance has thrown his way, but praises those who follow a different course?"

Horace on praise   

"Seize the day."

Horace on present   

"Tear thyself from delay."

Horace on procrastination
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"Be ever on your guard what you say of anybody and to whom."

Horace on speakers and speaking
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"He who has begun has half done. Dare to be wise; begin."

Horace on action   

"If a better system is thine, impart it; if not, make use of mine."

Horace on systems
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"When you introduce a moral lesson, let it be brief."

Horace on teacher   

"If you wish me to weep, you must first show grief yourself."

Horace on tears
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"Make a good use of the present."

Horace on time   

"It is of no consequence of what parents a man is born, as long as he be a man of merit."

Horace on virtue   

"Wisdom is not wisdom when it is derived from books alone."

Horace on wisdom
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"You who write, choose a subject suited to your abilities and think long and hard on what your powers are equal to and what they are unable to perform."

Horace on writers and writing   

"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."

Horace on writers and writing   

"One gains universal applause who mingles the useful with the agreeable, at once delighting and instructing the reader."

Horace on writers and writing   

"Youth is unduly busy with pampering the outer person."

Horace on youth   

"Of course we all have our limits, but how can you possibly find your boundaries unless you explore as far and as wide as you possibly can? I would rather fail in an attempt at something new and uncharted than safely succeed in a repeat of something I have done."

Hotchner, A.E. on possibilities   

"The way of the world is, to praise dead saints, and persecute living ones."

Howe, Nathaniel on art
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"Life is partly what we make it, and partly what it is made by the friends we choose."

Hsieh, Tehyi on friends and friendship
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"He who opens a school door, closes a prison."

Hugo, Victor on education
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"In this world, which is so plainly the antechamber of another, there are no happy men. The true division of humanity is between those who live in light and those who live in darkness. Our aim must be to diminish the number of the latter and increase the number of the former. That is why we demand education and knowledge."

Hugo, Victor on enlightenment   

"It is the essence of truth that it is never excessive. Why should it exaggerate? There is that which should be destroyed and that which should be simply illuminated and studied. How great is the force of benevolent and searching examination! We must not resort to the flame where only light is required."

Hugo, Victor on exaggeration   

"There is a sacred horror about everything grand. It is easy to admire mediocrity and hills; but whatever is too lofty, a genius as well as a mountain, an assembly as well as a masterpiece, seen too near, is appalling."

Hugo, Victor on greatness   

"Life's greatest happiness is to be convinced we are loved."

Hugo, Victor on happiness
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