Happy man Quote by Quintus Horatius Flaccus
““Not him with great possessions should you in truth call blest; with better right does he claim the name of happy man who realizes how to make use of the gods' gifts wisely, is skilled to meet harsh poverty and endure, as one who dreads dishonor far more than death; a man like that for friends beloved, or for his country fears not to perish.””
![“ratio et prudentia curas, Non locus effusi late maris arbiter, aufert. [it is reason and wisdom which take away cares, not places affording wide views over the sea.]” quote by Quintus Horatius Flaccus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/c0f/quintus-horatius-flaccus-56128_michel-de-montaigne_ratio-et-prudentia-curas-non-locus-effus_1361040.jpg)
![“The tenets of [the Christian life] seem paradoxes to carnal men; as first, that a Christian is the only freeman, and other men are slaves; that he is the only rich man, though never so poor in the world; that he is the only beautiful man, though outwardly never so deformed; that he is the only…” quote by Richard Sibbes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/74a/richard-sibbes-7950_beautiful_the-tenets-of-the-christian-life-seem-pa_150495.jpg)
