"Get money first; virtue comes after." — Horace
"Get money first; virtue comes after."
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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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The first virtue in a soldier is endurance of fatigue; courage is only the second virtue.
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The first virtue of a painting is to be a feast for the eyes.
— Eugene Delacroix
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Truth, naked, unblushing truth, the first virtue of all serious history, must be the sole recommendation of this personal narrative.
— Edward Gibbon
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The first virtue of a young man today - that is, for the next fifty years perhaps, as long as…
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Justice is the first virtue of social institutions,
— John Rawls
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Justice is the first virtue of social institutions, as truth is of systems of thought. A theory however elegant and…
— John Rawls
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Aristotle deemed courage to be the first virtue, because it makes all the other possible.
— Jonathan V. Last
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Courage is the first virtue that makes all other virtues possible.
— Aristotle
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Justice is the first virtue of those who command, and stops the complaints of those who obey.
— Denis Diderot
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I think the first virtue is to restrain the tongue; he approaches nearest to gods who knows how to be…
— Cato the Elder
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The first virtue of all really great men is that they are sincere. They eradicate hypocrisy from their hearts.
— Anatole France
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Get money first; virtue comes later.
— Horace
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