"Drive Nature out with a pitchfork, yet she……" — Horace
"Drive Nature out with a pitchfork, yet she hurries back, And will burst through your foolish contempt, triumphant."
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499 Quotes by Horace
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A good and faithful judge ever prefers the honorable to the expedient.
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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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