Quotes By Horace

A shoe that is too large is apt to trip one, and when too small, to pinch the feet. So it is with those whose fortune does not suit them.

Anger is a short madness.

Only a stomach that rarely feels hungry scorns common things.

Seize the day, and put the least possible trust in tomorrow.

It is when I struggle to be brief that I become obscure.

Time will bring to light whatever is hidden; it will cover up and conceal what is now shining in splendor.

A portion of mankind take pride in their vices and pursue their purpose; many more waver between doing what is right and complying with what is wrong.

He who postpones the hour of living is like the rustic who waits for the river to run out before he crosses.

We rarely find anyone who can say he has lived a happy life, and who, content with his life, can retire from the world like a satisfied guest.

I teach that all men are mad.

Mix a little foolishness with your serious plans. It is lovely to be silly at the right moment.

Pale Death beats equally at the poor man's gate and at the palaces of kings.

I hate the irreverent rabble and keep them far from me.

Make a good use of the present.

A word, once sent abroad, flies irrevocably.

Refrain from asking what going to happen tomorrow, and everyday that fortune grants you, count as gain.

Always keep your composure. You can't score from the penalty box; and to win, you have to score.

Undeservedly you will atone for the sins of your fathers.

We are often deterred from crime by the disgrace of others.

While fools shun one set of faults they run into the opposite one.

We are free to yield to truth.

I never think at all when I write. Nobody can do two things at the same time and do them both well.

The power of daring anything their fancy suggest, as always been conceded to the painter and the poet.

It is courage, courage, courage, that raises the blood of life to crimson splendor. Live bravely and present a brave front to adversity.

Life is largely a matter of expectation.

Adversity reveals genius, prosperity conceals it.

The disgrace of others often keeps tender minds from vice.

This is a fault common to all singers, that among their friends they will never sing when they are asked; unasked, they will never desist.

Poets wish to profit or to please.

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