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Wisdom Quotes by Horace
- Who then is free? The wise man who can govern himself.
- Force without reason falls of its own weight.
- A heart well prepared for adversity in bad times hopes, and in good times fears for a change in fortune.
- A word once let out of the cage cannot be whistled back again.
- Those unacquainted with the world take pleasure in intimacy with great men; those who are wiser fear the consequences.
- Once sent out, a word takes wings beyond recall.
- Mingle a little folly with your wisdom; a little nonsense now and then is pleasant. [Lat., Misce stultitiam consiliis brevem: Dulce est desipere in loco.
- Wisdom at times is found in folly.
- [So] Mingle some brief folly with your wisdom.
- Wisdom is not wisdom when it is derived from books alone.
- Who then is free? The wise who can command his passions, who fears not want, nor death, nor chains, firmly resisting his appetites and despising…
- Mingle some brief folly with your wisdom.
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