Quotes by Horace

"Sometimes even excellent Homer nods."

"I struggle to be brief, and I become obscure."

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

"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."

"Life is largely a matter of expectation."

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

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

"Whatever advice you give, be brief."

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

"We are free to yield to truth."

"Undeservedly you will atone for the sins of your fathers."

"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."

"Anger is a brief madness."

"Lawyers are men who hire out their words and anger."

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

"Anger is a short madness."

"To have begun is to have done half the task; dare to be wise."

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

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

"Wisdom is not wisdom when it is derived from books alone."

"It is your concern when the wall next door is on fire."

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

"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."

"Sweet and glorious it is to die for one's country."

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

"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."

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

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

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

"The mountains will be in labor, and a ridiculous mouse will be born."

"Life grants nothing to us mortals without hard work."

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

"Many brave men lived before Agamemnon, but all are weighed down in unending night, unwept and unknown, because they lacked a sacred bard."

"To have a great man for a friend seems pleasant to those who have never tried it those who have, fear it."

"Fidelity is the sister of justice."

"Suffering is but another name for the teaching of experience, which is the parent of instruction and the schoolmaster of life."

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

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

"Force without judgment falls of its own weight."

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

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

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

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

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

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

"You may drive out Nature with a pitchfork, yet she will always hurry back."

"You [the people] are a many-headed beast."

"A picture is a poem without words."

"Knowledge without education is but armed injustice."

"Adversity reveals genius, prosperity conceals it."

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

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

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

"The word once spoken flies beyond recall."

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

"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."

"You may drive out nature with a pitchfork, yet she'll be constantly running back."

"The pen is the tongue of the mind."

"Nothing is too high for the daring of mortals; we storm heaven itself in our folly."

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

"Seize the day, put no trust in the morrow."