What did Horace mean by: False praise can please, and calumny affright None but the vicious, and the hypocrite. - Horace Copy
+ High descent and meritorious deeds, unless united to wealth, are as useless as seaweed. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Horace, Deeds, Useless, Wealth, 0 - Horace
+ Gladly take the gifts of the present hour and abandon serious things! Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Horace, Accepting, Hours, 0 - Horace
+ Get money; by just means. if you can; if not, still get money. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Horace, Money, 0 - Horace
+ Something is always wanting to incomplete fortune. [Lat., Curtae nescio quid semper abest rei.] Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Horace, Fortune, Incomplete, 0 - Horace
+ The body, enervated by the excesses of the preceding day, weighs down and prostates the mind also. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Horace, Body, Excess, Mind, 0 - Horace
+ If you would have me weep, you must first of all feel grief yourself. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Horace, Grief, Literature, 0 - Horace
+ For everything divine and human, virtue, fame, and honor, now obey the alluring influence of riches. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Horace, Honor, Influence, Riches, 0 - Horace
+ Each day that fate adds to your life, put down as so much gain. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Horace, Each Day, Fate, 0 - Horace
Extremes are vicious, and proceed from men; compensation is just, and proceeds from God. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
When we disclaim praise, it is only showing our desire to be praised a second time. Explain - François de La Rochefoucauld Writer · France
Idleness and fear keeps us in the path of duty, but our virtue often gets the praise. Explain - François de La Rochefoucauld Writer · France
To praise princes for virtues they do not possess is to insult them without fear of consequences. Explain - François de La Rochefoucauld Writer · France
Criticism sometimes is really praise, and praise sometimes slander. Explain - François de La Rochefoucauld Writer · France
