Roman - Poet | 65 BC - 8 BC
A shoe that is too large is apt to trip one, and when too small, to pinch the feet. So it is with those whose fortune does not suit them.
Horace
SmallFeetShoeFortuneSuitWhose
A word, once sent abroad, flies irrevocably.
WordAbroadFliesOnceSent
Avoid inquisitive persons, for they are sure to be gossips, their ears are open to hear, but they will not keep what is entrusted to them.
WillOpenKeepEarsSureAvoid
The envious man grows lean at the success of his neighbor.
SuccessManBrainyNeighborLean
You may drive out nature with a pitchfork, yet she'll be constantly running back.
NatureDriveYouBackSheOut
Choose a subject equal to your abilities; think carefully what your shoulders may refuse, and what they are capable of bearing.
ThinkChooseEqualCapableShoulders
It is when I struggle to be brief that I become obscure.
StruggleBecomeObscureBrief
Only a stomach that rarely feels hungry scorns common things.
HungryStomachThingsCommonOnly
Once a word has been allowed to escape, it cannot be recalled.
EscapeCannotBeenWordOnce
Strange - is it not? That of the myriads who Before us passed the door of Darkness through, Not one returns to tell us of the road Which to discover we must travel too.
DarknessTravelDoorRoadStrange
In labouring to be concise, I become obscure.
BecomeObscureConciseLabouring
You traverse the world in search of happiness, which is within the reach of every man. A contented mind confers it on all.
HappinessManMindWorldSearchYou
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