It is not the rich man you should properly call happy, but him who knows how to use with wisdom the blessings of the gods, to endure hard poverty, and who fears dishonor worse than death, and is not afraid to die for cherished friends or fatherland.
Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which, in prosperous circumstances, would have lain dormant. - Horace
Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which, in prosperous circumstances, would have lain dormant.
- Horace
He is praised by some, blamed by others. - Horace
He is praised by some, blamed by others.
Here, or nowhere, is the thing we seek. - Horace
Here, or nowhere, is the thing we seek.
No one is content with his own lot. - Horace
No one is content with his own lot.
He has carried every point, who has combined that which is useful with that which is agreeable. - Horace
He has carried every point, who has combined that which is useful with that which is agreeable.
Money amassed either serves us or rules us. - Horace
Money amassed either serves us or rules us.
Learned or unlearned we all must be scribbling. - Horace
Learned or unlearned we all must be scribbling.
Much is wanting to those who seek or covet much. - Horace
Much is wanting to those who seek or covet much.
Be modest in speech, but excel in action. - Horace
Be modest in speech, but excel in action.
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