You traverse the world in search of happiness, which is within the reach of every man. A contented mind confers it on all.

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• Horace:

  Nothing's beautiful from every point of view.

• Horace:

  He tosses aside his paint-pots and his words a foot and a half long.

• Phaedrus:

  Submit to the present evil, lest a greater one befall you.

• Phaedrus:

  An alliance with a powerful person is never safe.

• Phaedrus:

  Whoever is detected in a shameful fraud is ever after not believed even if they speak the truth.

• Phaedrus:

  The humble are in danger when those in power disagree.

• Phaedrus:

  In a change of masters the poor change nothing except their master's name.

• Phaedrus:

  I would rather not be a king than to forfeit my liberty.

• Phaedrus:

  It is the part of a fool to give advice to others and not himself to be on his guard.

• Phaedrus:

  Gentleness is the antidote for cruelty.