“Wisdom is not wisdom when it is derived from books alone.”
— Horace
Author: Horace
Category: alone
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The envious man grows lean at the
“The envious man grows lean at the success of his neighbor.”
— Horace
Author: Horace
Category: success
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Suffering is but another name for the
“Suffering is but another name for the teaching of experience, which is the parent of instruction and the schoolmaster of life.”
— Horace
Author: Horace
Category: experience
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We are free to yield to truth.
“We are free to yield to truth.”
— Horace
Author: Horace
Category: truth
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He has not lived badly whose birth
“He has not lived badly whose birth and death has been unnoticed by the world.”
— Horace
Author: Horace
Category: death
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A picture is a poem without words.
“A picture is a poem without words.”
— Horace
Author: Horace
Category: art
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Knowledge without education is but armed injustice.
“Knowledge without education is but armed injustice.”
— Horace
Author: Horace
Category: education
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It is no great art to say
“It is no great art to say something briefly when, like Tacitus, one has something to say; when one has nothing to say, however, and none the less writes a whole book and makes truth into a liar – that I call an achievement.”
— Horace
Author: Horace
Category: art
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Anger is a short madness.
“Anger is a short madness.”
— Horace
Author: Horace
Category: anger
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Sad people dislike the happy, and the
“Sad people dislike the happy, and the happy the sad; the quick thinking the sedate, and the careless the busy and industrious.”
— Horace
Author: Horace
Category: sad
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Few cross the river of time and
“Few cross the river of time and are able to reach non-being. Most of them run up and down only on this side of the river. But those who when they know the law follow the path of the law, they shall reach the other shore and go beyond the realm of death.”
— Horace
Author: Horace
Category: death
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