"There is nothing assured to mortals." — Horace
"There is nothing assured to mortals."
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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 Assured Quotes
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If a sufficient number of management layers are superimposed on top of each other, it can be assured that disaster…
— Norman Ralph Augustine
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Rest assured that whatever station of life we are placed, princely or lowly, it contains the lessons and experiences necessary…
— Edward Bach
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The American press has the blues. Too many authorities have assured it that its days are numbered, too many good…
— Russell Baker
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Judge Roberts has assured me personally that he has a healthy respect for precedent and the hard-won rights of Americans.
— Max Baucus
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We acknowledge but one motive - to follow the truth as we know it, whithersoever it may lead us; but…
— Mortimer Adler
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Future. That period of time in which our affairs prosper, our friends are true and our happiness is assured.
— Ambrose Bierce
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Only seven years ago we made a treaty by which we were assured that the buffalo country should be left…
— Sitting Bull
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Haitians do not need development programs imposed on them by expatriates. Instead, they need help in developing as self-assured persons.
— Tony Campolo
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If you wait for the perfect moment when all is safe and assured, it may never arrive. Mountains will not…
— Maurice Chevalier
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Workers must root out the idea that by keeping the results of their labors to themselves a fortune will be…
— Lawrence Hargrave
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The Author of nature has not given laws to the universe, which, like the institutions of men, carry in themselves…
— John Playfair
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If we are right with the Lord, then, as we face adversity, we can be assured that we will be…
— Ronald E. Poelman
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