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Horace

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Famous Roman poet, was born on the 8th of December 65 b.c. at Venusia, on the borders of Lucania and Apulia.


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Quote Left If you had the seeds of pestilence in your body you would not have a more active contagion that you have in your tempers, tastes, and principles. Simply to be in this world, whatever you are, is to exert an influence, compared with which mere language and persuasion are feeble. Quote Right
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Quote Left Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity. Quote Right
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Quote Left It is the false shame of fools to try to conceal wounds that have not healed. Quote Right
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Quote Left Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he isn't. A sense of humor was provided to console him for what he is. Quote Right
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Quote Left Few cross the river of time and are able to reach non-being. Most of them run up and down only on this side of the river. But those who when they know the law follow the path of the law, they shall reach the other shore and go beyond the realm of death. Quote Right
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