"If it is well with your belly, chest……" — Horace
"If it is well with your belly, chest and feet - the wealth of kings can't give you more."
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499 Quotes by Horace
Horace has 499 quotes on this site.
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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 Belly Quotes
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Flattery and deceit are the darlings of great men, and so with these men spread the butter on thick, if…
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For better or worse, zoos are how most people come to know big or exotic animals. Few will ever see…
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Rebellions of the belly are the worst.
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I think we all have a lot of darkness in our bellies. As an actor, the challenge of tapping into…
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A poor man with nothing in his belly needs hope, illusion, more than bread.
— Georges Bernanos
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Proletarian language is dictated by hunger. The poor chew words to fill their bellies.
— Theodor Adorno
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Wouldn't it be great to see a line in all movie credits that truthfully says, 'Nobody was harmed in the…
— Elayne Boosler
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What you're going to be eating in the next year is decided by chefs. If the consensus is that pot-bellies…
— Anthony Bourdain
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People came to my parents' parties because they were going to have fun and, if lucky, our mother would belly…
— Sandra Bullock
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I am into belly dancing. I used to only hang with comics. Now I have friends who are dancers, and…
— Margaret Cho
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I never could stand losing. Second place didn't interest me. I had a fire in my belly.
— Ty Cobb
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There's something that just happens to you when you have a baby, and you look at their little eyes for…
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