Quotes By Horace

It is your concern when your neighbor's wall is on fire.

Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents, which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant.

Strange - is it not? That of the myriads who Before us passed the door of Darkness through, Not one returns to tell us of the road Which to discover we must travel too.

O imitators, you slavish herd!

Lawyers are men who hire out their words and anger.

Leave the rest to the gods.

Usually the modest person passes for someone reserved, the silent for a sullen person.

Pale death, with impartial step, knocks at the hut of the poor and the towers of kings.

Fortune makes a fool of those she favors too much.

Begin, be bold and venture to be wise.

Whoever cultivates the golden mean avoids both the poverty of a hovel and the envy of a palace.

The one who cannot restrain their anger will wish undone, what their temper and irritation prompted them to do.

No verse can give pleasure for long, nor last, that is written by drinkers of water.

Life grants nothing to us mortals without hard work.

I strive to be brief but I become obscure.

One wanders to the left, another to the right. Both are equally in error, but, are seduced by different delusions.

No poems can please for long or live that are written by water drinkers.

Mountains will go into labour, and a silly little mouse will be born.

Great effort is required to arrest decay and restore vigor. One must exercise proper deliberation, plan carefully before making a move, and be alert in guarding against relapse following a renaissance.

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

What we learn only through the ears makes less impression upon our minds than what is presented to the trustworthy eye.

Once a word has been allowed to escape, it cannot be recalled.

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

Labor diligently to increase your property.

It is your business when the wall next door catches fire.

In labouring to be concise, I become obscure.

Sad people dislike the happy, and the happy the sad; the quick thinking the sedate, and the careless the busy and industrious.

Avoid inquisitive persons, for they are sure to be gossips, their ears are open to hear, but they will not keep what is entrusted to them.

When things are steep, remember to stay level-headed.

The foolish are like ripples on water, For whatsoever they do is quickly effaced; But the righteous are like carvings upon stone, For their smallest act is durable.