Quotes By Horace

He has not lived badly whose birth and death has been unnoticed by the world.

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.

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

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

A heart well prepared for adversity in bad times hopes, and in good times fears for a change in fortune.

I strive to be brief but I become obscure.

Money is a handmaiden, if thou knowest how to use it; a mistress, if thou knowest not.

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.

Knowledge without education is but armed injustice.

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.

Clogged with yesterday's excess, the body drags the mind down with it.

It is the false shame of fools to try to conceal wounds that have not healed.

The envious man grows lean at the success of his neighbor.

The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes.

Remember when life's path is steep to keep your mind even.

A host is like a general: calamities often reveal his genius.

The man is either mad, or he is making verses.