"For a man learns more quickly and remembers……" — Horace
"For a man learns more quickly and remembers more easily that which he laughs at, than that which he approves and reveres."
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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 Approves Quotes
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When a man says he approves of something in principle, it means he hasn't the slightest intention of carrying it…
— Otto von Bismarck
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He is a hypocrite who professes what he does not believe; not he who does not practice all he wishes…
— William Hazlitt
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The Physician, by the study and inspection of urine and ordure, approves himself in the science; and in like sort…
— Alexander Pope
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Thou shalt not covet; but tradition approves all forms of competition.
— Arthur Hugh Clough
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It is a wise child that knows its own father, and an unusual one that unreservedly approves of him.
— Mark Twain
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I know that it is a hopeless undertaking to debate about fundamental value judgements. For instance, if someone approves, as…
— Albert Einstein
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I never let anyone pluck, including myself, unless my mom approves. She guards my eyebrows. She's like the eyebrow police!
— Isabelle Fuhrman
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If my missus is there and she approves of the person I get to bite boobs - and necks.
— Stephen Moyer
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This is true religion, to approve what God approves, to hate what he hates, and to delight in what delights…
— Charles Hodge
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A brotherly person rejoices on my account when he approves me, but when he disapproves, he is loving me. To…
— Saint Augustine
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In four ways ... should one who flatters be understood as a foe in the guise of a friend: He…
— Gautama Buddha
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Wherever the bishop shall appear, let the multitude of also be, just as wherever Jesus Christ is, there is the…
— Ignatius of Antioch
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