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Money Quotes by Horace

44 Money quotes by Horace

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When the ancient world meets modern wallets, Horace’s verses still echo. This collection gathers his keen observations on wealth, generosity, and the fleeting nature of riches, reminding us that even centuries ago, money sparked both folly and wisdom.

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Get money first; virtue comes later.

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A pauper in the midst of wealth.

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He who is greedy is always in want.

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Money amassed either serves us or rules us.

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As riches grow, care follows, and a thirst For more and more.

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The gods have given you wealth and the means of enjoying it.

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Get money first; virtue comes after.

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Get money; by just means. if you can; if not, still get money.

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Care clings to wealth: the thirst for more Grows as our fortunes grow.

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All else-valor, a good name, glory, everything in heaven and earth-is secondary to the charm of riches.

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Of what use is a fortune to me, if I cannot use it? [Lat., Quo mihi fortunam, si non conceditur uti?]

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Money is to be sought for first of all; virtue after wealth. [Lat., Quaerenda pecunia primum est; virtus post nummos.]

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However rich or elevated, a name less something is always wanting to our imperfect fortune.

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For everything divine and human, virtue, fame, and honor, now obey the alluring influence of riches.

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Does he council you better who bids you, Money, by right means, if you can: but by any means, make money ?

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All powerful money gives birth and beauty. [Lat., Et genus et formam regina pecunia donat.]

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He who is always in a hurry to be wealthy and immersed in the study of augmenting his fortune has lost the…

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Though you strut proud of your money, yet fortune has not changed your birth. [Lat., Licet superbus ambules pecuniae, Fortuna non mutat…

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Money, make money; by honest means if you can; if not, by any means make money. [Lat., Rem facias rem, Recte si…

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It is not the rich man you should properly call happy, but him who knows how to use with wisdom the blessings…

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A dowried wife, friends, beauty, birth, fair fame, These are the gifts of money, heavenly dame: Be but a moneyed man, persuasion…

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Sovereign money procures a wife with a large fortune, gets a man credit, creates friends, stands in place of pedigree, and even…

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Let's put a limit to the scramble for money. ... Having got what you wanted, you ought to begin to bring that…

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“He who combines the useful and the pleasing wins out by both instructing and delighting the reader. That is the sort of…

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Riches are first to be sought for; after wealth, virtue.

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God made not pleasures for the rich alone.

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He who has lost his money-belt will go where you wish.

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What is wealth to me if I cannot enjoy it?

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The accumulation of wealth is followed by an increase of care, and by an appetite for more.

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Make money, money by fair means if you can, if not, but any means money.

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Money, as it increases, becomes either the master or the slave of ts owner.

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I would not exchange my life of ease and quiet for the riches of Arabia.

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Increasing wealth is attended by care and by the desire of greater increase.

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People hiss at me, but I applaud myself in my own house, and at the same time contemplate the money in my…

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If it is well with your belly, chest and feet - the wealth of kings can't give you more.

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O citizens, first acquire wealth; you can practice virtue afterward.

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Money is a handmaiden, if thou knowest how to use it A mistress, if thou knowest not.

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The populace may hiss me, but when I go home and think of my money, I applaud myself.

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Riches with their wicked inducements increase; nevertheless, avarice is never satisfied.

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Everything, virtue, glory, honor, things human and divine, all are slaves to riches.

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Strange - is it not? That of the myriads who Before us passed the door of Darkness through, Not one returns to tell us…

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“Finxerunt animi, raro et perpauca loquentis. (To action little, less to words inclinded.)”

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No verse can give pleasure for long, nor last, that is written by drinkers of water.

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Fate with impartial hand turns out the doom of high and low; her capacious urn is constantly shaking the names of all mankind.

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A word, once sent abroad, flies irrevocably.

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“Natales grate numeras? (Do you count your birthdays with gratitude?)”

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In a moment comes either death or joyful victory. [Lat., Horae Momento cita mors venit aut victoria laeta.]

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Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori - It is a sweet and becoming thing to die for ones country.

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Neither men, nor gods, nor booksellers' shelves permit ordinary poets to exist. [Lat., Mediocribus esse poetis Non homines, non di, non concessere columnae.]

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Don't yield to that alluring witch, laziness, or else be prepared to surrender all that you have won in your better moments.

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Avoid inquisitive persons, for they are sure to be gossips, their ears are open to hear, but they will not keep what is entrusted…

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“You may drive out Nature with a pitchfork, yet she still will hurry back.”

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