How slight and insignificant is the thing which casts down … - Horace

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How slight and insignificant is the thing which casts down or restores a mind greedy for praise.

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Quintus Horatius Flaccus (8 December 65 BC – 27 November 8 BC), known in the English-speaking world as Horace, was the leading lyric poet in Latin.

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Native Name: Q. Horatius Flaccus

Alternative Names: Quintus Horatius Flaccus • Horatius • Horatius Flaccus

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Bona pars hominum est decepta cupidine falso 'nil satis est', inquit, 'quia tanti quantum habeas sis.'

Once begun, A task is easy; half the work is done.

Naturam expellas furca, tamen usque recurret
et mala perrumpet furtim fastidia victrix.
(Drive Nature out with a pitchfork, she'll come right back,
Victorious over your ignorant confident scorn.)

How slight and insignificant is the thing which casts down or restores a mind greedy for praise. - Horace

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