“We are more speedily and fatally corrupted by domestic examples of vice, and particularly when they are impressed on our minds as from authority.” MindExampleAuthorityVicesImpressed Author:Horace
“The body oppressed by excesses bears down the mind, and depresses to the earth any portion of the divine spirit we had been endowed with.” MindBodyEarthSpiritDivineBearsExcessPortionsDepressingOppressed Author:Horace
“The shame of fools conceals their open wounds. [Lat., Stultorum incurata malus pudor ulcera celat.]” FoolShameWoundsFollyMali Author:Horace
“Cease to inquire what the future has in store, and to take as a gift whatever the day brings forth. [Lat., Quid sit futurum cras, fuge quaerere: et Quem Fors dierum cunque dabit, lucro Appone.]” FutureStoresCease Author:Horace
“A wise God shrouds the future in obscure darkness. [Lat., Prudens futuri temporis exitum Caliginosa nocte premit deus.]” DarknessWiseFutureObscureShrouds Author:Horace
“Curst is the wretch enslaved to such a vice, Who ventures life and soul upon the dice.” SoulVicesGamblingVentureDice Author:Horace
“Gold loves to make its way through guards, and breaks through barriers of stone more easily than the lightning's bolt.” WayBreakStonesGoldBarriersLightningBoltsBreak ThroughOld Love Author:Horace
“Nothing is difficult to mortals; we strive to reach heaven itself in our folly. [Lat., Nil mortalibus arduum est; Coelum ipsum petimus stultitia.]” HeavenDifficultStriveMortalsFolly Author:Horace
“Busy idleness urges us on. [Lat., Strenua nos exercet inertia.]” BusyUrgesIdlenessInertia Author:Horace
