Horace Quotes About Change
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Change generally pleases the rich. [Lat., Plerumque gratae divitibus vices.]
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I am not what I once was. [Lat., Non sum qualis eram.]
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The lazy ox wishes for horse-trappings, and the steed wishes to plough. [Lat., Optat ephippia bos piger, optat arare caballus.]
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A heart well prepared for adversity in bad times hopes, and in good times fears for a change in fortune.
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He despises what he sought; and he seeks that which he lately threw away. [Lat., Quod petit spernit, repetit quod nuper omisit.]
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Not to hope for things to last forever, is what the year teaches and even the hour which snatches a nice day away.
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