"No poem was ever written by a drinker…" — Horace
"No poem was ever written by a drinker of water."
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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 Drinker Quotes
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I am a drinker with writing problems.
— Brendan Behan
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Seeing is believing to most families who have lived with a drinker.
— Bill W.
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It is not the drinker, but the man who has just stopped drinking, who thinks the world is going to…
— H. L. Mencken
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Two simple principles lie at the bottom of the whole matter, and they may be precipitated into two rules. The…
— H. L. Mencken
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Drink because you are happy, but never because you are miserable. Never drink when you are wretched without it, or…
— Gilbert K. Chesterton
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Writing is a lonely job, unless you're a drinker, in which case you always have a friend within reach.
— Emilio Estevez
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Under a bad cloak there is often a good drinker
— Miguel de Cervantes
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He who aspires to be a serious wine drinker must drink claret.
— Samuel Johnson
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The American appetite for loneliness impressed me, and there was something about this solitude that freed conversation. One night at…
— Peter Hessler
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I'm not a fancy person. I love small spaces. I like tiny cars. I don't buy things, aside from music…
— Ellen Page
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Want know how I got these scars? My father was a drinker and a fiend. And one night he goes…
— Heath Ledger
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From 18 to 29 I was a heavy smoker, heavy drinker, drug addict, terrible eater and philanderer. The past eight…
— Dax Shepard
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