Quotes By Horace

It is of no consequence of what parents a man is born, as long as he be a man of merit.

It is no great art to say something briefly when, like Tacitus, one has something to say; when one has nothing to say, however, and none the less writes a whole book and makes truth into a liar - that I call an achievement.

He has the deed half done who has made a beginning.

Choose a subject equal to your abilities; think carefully what your shoulders may refuse, and what they are capable of bearing.

Why harass with eternal purposes a mind to weak to grasp them?

Subdue your passion or it will subdue you.

Whatever advice you give, be short.

Why do you hasten to remove anything which hurts your eye, while if something affects your soul you postpone the cure until next year?

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

Your own safety is at stake when your neighbor's wall is ablaze.

He who would begun has half done. Dare to be wise; begin.

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

Fidelity is the sister of justice.

Knowledge without education is but armed injustice.

In adversity remember to keep an even mind.

He gains everyone's approval who mixes the pleasant with the useful.

A word once uttered can never be recalled.

The pen is the tongue of the mind.

The lofty pine is oftenest shaken by the winds; High towers fall with a heavier crash; And the lightning strikes the highest mountain.

It's a good thing to be foolishly gay once in a while.

If you would have me weep, you must first of all feel grief yourself.

Good sense is both the first principal and the parent source of good writing.

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

We are just statistics, born to consume resources.

Every old poem is sacred.

Nothing's beautiful from every point of view.

Words will not fail when the matter is well considered.

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

He is armed without who is innocent within, be this thy screen, and this thy wall of brass.

Few cross the river of time and are able to reach non-being. Most of them run up and down only on this side of the river. But those who when they know the law follow the path of the law, they shall reach the other shore and go beyond the realm of death.