Roman - Poet | 65 BC - 8 BC
He tosses aside his paint-pots and his words a foot and a half long.
Horace
WordsLongHalfFootHeHis
Life grants nothing to us mortals without hard work.
LifeWorkHard WorkNothingHardUs
It is your business when the wall next door catches fire.
BusinessFireDoorWallNextYour
It is your concern when your neighbor's wall is on fire.
FireNeighborWallYourConcern
Why do you hasten to remove anything which hurts your eye, while if something affects your soul you postpone the cure until next year?
SoulEyeYearYouWhyAnything
If matters go badly now, they will not always be so.
GoNowWillMattersAlwaysBadly
We are often deterred from crime by the disgrace of others.
CrimeOthersDisgraceOftenDeterred
He gains everyone's approval who mixes the pleasant with the useful.
EveryonePleasantUsefulApprovalHe
Anger is a short madness.
AngerShortMadness
While fools shun one set of faults they run into the opposite one.
FoolsRunOppositeFaultsSetWhile
Fortune makes a fool of those she favors too much.
FoolToo MuchSheFavorsFortune
It is a sweet and seemly thing to die for one's country.
SweetDieCountryThing
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