Quotes By Horace

It is a sweet and seemly thing to die for one's country.

Cease to inquire what the future has in store, and take as a gift whatever the day brings forth.

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

O imitators, you slavish herd!

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.

Leave the rest to the gods.

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

Fortune makes a fool of those she favors too much.

Begin, be bold and venture to be wise.

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

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

Life is largely a matter of expectation.

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.

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

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

I strive to be brief but I become obscure.

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

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.

Labor diligently to increase your property.

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.

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

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.

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

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.