"Captive Greece took captive her savage conqueror." — Horace
"Captive Greece took captive her savage conqueror."
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499 Quotes by Horace
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Sad people dislike the happy, and the happy the sad; the quick thinking the sedate, and the careless the busy…
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Joyful let the soul be in the present, let it disdain to trouble about what is beyond and temper bitterness…
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Avoid inquisitive persons, for they are sure to be gossips, their ears are open to hear, but they will not…
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A good and faithful judge ever prefers the honorable to the expedient.
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The envious man grows lean at the success of his neighbor.
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Wine brings to light the hidden secrets of the soul, gives being to our hopes, bids the coward flight, drives…
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It is a sweet and seemly thing to die for one's country.
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Once a word has been allowed to escape, it cannot be recalled.
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Force without judgement falls on its own weight.
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I shall strike the stars with my unlifted head.
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Nothing is too high for the daring of mortals: we storm heaven itself in our folly.
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Remember when life's path is steep to keep your mind even.
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More Captive Quotes
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What white woman, however lonely, was ever captive or insulted by me? Yet they say I am a bad Indian.
— Sitting Bull
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I would have the Constitution torn in shreds and scattered to the four winds of heaven. Let us destroy the…
— William Wells Brown
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If as the friends of colonization hope, the present and coming generations of our countrymen shall by any means, succeed…
— Abraham Lincoln
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Religion has treated knowledge sometimes as an enemy, sometimes as a hostage; often as a captive and more often as…
— Charles Caleb Colton
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By being with yourself, the 'I am', by watching yourself in your daily life with alert interest, with the intention…
— Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
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So long as we need to control other people, however benign our motives, we are captive to that need. In…
— Marilyn Ferguson
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Yet, in holding scientific research and discovery in respect, as we should, we must also be alert to the equal…
— Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Unless I am convicted by Scripture and plain reason-I do not accept the authority of popes and councils, for they…
— Martin Luther
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Americans love their captivity. There's no responsibility. When you're a captive, you don't have to make a decision about anything,…
— Eustace Mullins
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The resurrection power of Jesus broke Satan's captive power. When He led the Old Testament saints from paradise to heaven,…
— Leon Morris
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You are eternity's hostage A captive of mine.
— Boris Pasternak
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Oh, Jacques, we're used to each other, we're a pair of captive hawks caught in the same cage, and so…
— Tennessee Williams
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