Maxioms by Horace
The musician who always plays on the same string is laughed at.
The musician who always plays on the same string is laughed at.
He will always be a slave who does not know how to live upon a little.
He will always be a slave who does not know how to live upon a little.
If you would have me weep, you must first of all feel grief yourself.
If you would have me weep, you must first of all feel grief yourself.
If you wish me to weep, you must first show grief yourself.
If you wish me to weep, you must first show grief yourself.
Man learns more readily and remembers more willingly what excites his ridicule than what deserves esteem and respect.
Man learns more readily and remembers more willingly what excites his ridicule than what deserves esteem and respect.