Horace citations

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“He who feared that he would not succeed sat still.”
Sedit qui timuit ne non succederet.

“For joys fall not to the rich alone, nor has he lived ill, who from birth to death has passed unknown.”
Nam neque divitibus contingunt gaudia solis, nec vixit male, qui natus moriensque fefellit.

“Mere grace is not enough: a play should thrill
The hearer's soul, and move it at its will.”
Non satis est pulchra esse poemata; dulcia sunto Et, quocumque uolent, animum auditoris agunto.

“I sing for maidens and boys.”
Virginibus puerisque canto.

“It is difficult to speak of the universal specifically.”
Difficile est proprie communia dicere.

“We rarely find anyone who can say he has lived a happy life, and who, content with his life, can retire from the world like a satisfied guest.”
Inde fit ut raro, qui se vixisse beatum dicat et exacto contentus tempore vita cedat uti conviva satur, reperire queamus.

“He who has begun has half done. Dare to be wise; begin!”
Dimidium facti qui coepit habet; sapere aude; incipe!

“The mind enamored with deceptive things, declines things better.”
Adclinis falsis animus meliora recusat.

“Brave men were living before Agamemnon.”

“The covetous man is ever in want.”
Semper avarus eget.

“Tis not sufficient to combine
Well-chosen words in a well-ordered line.”
Non satis est puris versum perscribere verbis.

“Whoever cultivates the golden mean avoids both the poverty of a hovel and the envy of a palace.”
Auream quisquis mediocritatem diligit, tutus caret obsoleti sordibus tecti, caret invidenda sobrius aula.

“If the world should break and fall on him, it would strike him fearless.”
Si fractus illabatur orbis, impavidum ferient ruinae.

“The mountains will be in labor, and a ridiculous mouse will be brought forth.”
Parturient montes, nascetur ridiculus mus.

“Never despair…”
Nil desperandum...

“Now drown care in wine.”
Nunc vino pellite curas.

“A pauper in the midst of wealth.”
Magnas inter opes inops.

“Natales grate numeras?”

“Saepe stilum vertas, iterum quae digna legi sint scripturus. Often must you turn your pencil to erase, if you hope to write something worth a second reading.”

“He who postpones the hour of living rightly is like the rustic who waits for the river to run out before he crosses.”

“Vixere fortes ante Agamemnona.”

“Vis consili expers mole ruit sua.”

“Adclinis falsis animus meliora recusat.”

“My cares and my inquiries are for decency and truth, and in this I am wholly occupied.”

“Life grants nothing to us mortals without hard work.
Life has given nothing to mortals without great labor.”

“Let’s put a limit to the scramble for money. ...
Having got what you wanted, you ought to begin to bring that struggle to an end.”

“Tommorrow we will be back on the vast ocean.”

“Life's short span forbids us to enter on far reaching hopes.”

“Nor word for word too faithfully translate.”