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Horace Quotes

If a man's fortune does not fit him, it is like the shoe in the story; if too large it trips him up, if too small it pinches him.
Horace

Biography

Author Profession: Poet
Nationality: Roman
Born: 65 BC
Died: 8 BC

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Words

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Does, Fit, Fortune, Him, Large, Man, Shoe, Small, Story, Too, Up