--- title: "11 Faults Quotes By Horace" description: "11 Faults quotes by Horace. Plus more from Horace and more Faults sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/963/horace-172_faults_there-are-faults-we-would-fain-pardon-20_2003787.jpg" --- > [There are faults we would fain pardon.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/horace/there-are-faults-we-would-fain-pardon/) [Horace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/horace/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/963/horace-172_faults_there-are-faults-we-would-fain-pardon-20_2003787.jpg) > [“Faults are soon copied.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/horace/faults-are-soon-copied/) [Horace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/horace/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be9/horace-172_faults_faults-are-soon-copied-1356023_1356023.jpg) > [No man is born without faults.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/horace/no-man-is-born-without-faults/) [Horace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/horace/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/59d/horace-172_born_no-man-is-born-without-faults-123757_123757.jpg) > [ Faults are committed within the walls of Troy and also without. \[There is fault on both sides.\] ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/horace/faults-are-committed-within-the-walls-of-troy-and-also-without-there/) [Horace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/horace/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dfb/horace-172_both-sides_faults-are-committed-within-the-walls-of_747088.jpg) > [We set up harsh and unkind rules against ourselves. No one is born without faults.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/horace/we-set-up-harsh-and-unkind-rules-against-ourselves-no-one-is-born/) [Horace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/horace/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/918/horace-172_being-imperfect_we-set-up-harsh-and-unkind-rules-against_521515.jpg) > [When we try to avoid one fault, we are led to the opposite, unless we be very careful.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/horace/when-we-try-to-avoid-one-fault-we-are-led-to-the-opposite-unless-we/) [Horace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/horace/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fcd/horace-172_careful_when-we-try-to-avoid-one-fault-we-are-le_2716238.jpg) > [While fools shun one set of faults they run into the opposite one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/horace/while-fools-shun-one-set-of-faults-they-run-into-the-opposite-one/) [Horace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/horace/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/440/horace-172_faults_while-fools-shun-one-set-of-faults-they_1036469.jpg) > [Where there are many beauties in a poem I shall not cavil at a few faults proceeding either from negligence or from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/horace/where-there-are-many-beauties-in-a-poem-i-shall-not-cavil-at-a-few/) [Horace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/horace/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0cc/horace-172_faults_where-there-are-many-beauties-in-a-poem_2655085.jpg) > [All singers have this fault: if asked to sing among friends they are never so inclined; if unasked, they never leave off.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/horace/all-singers-have-this-fault-if-asked-to-sing-among-friends-they-are/) [Horace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/horace/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be0/horace-172_faults_all-singers-have-this-fault-if-asked-to_2628417.jpg) > [We set up harsh and unkind rules against ourselves. No one is born without faults. That man is best who has fewest.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/horace/we-set-up-harsh-and-unkind-rules-against-ourselves-no-one-is-born-2/) [Horace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/horace/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/33c/horace-172_acceptance_we-set-up-harsh-and-unkind-rules-against_1579373.jpg) > [There is a fault common to all singers. When they're among friends and are asked to sing they don't want to, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/horace/there-is-a-fault-common-to-all-singers-when-they-re-among-friends-and/) [Horace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/horace/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b0/horace-172_common_there-is-a-fault-common-to-all-singers-w_585517.jpg) ## Other authors on Faults ## More by Horace > [Strange - is it not? That of the myriads who Before us passed the door of Darkness through, Not one returns to tell us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/horace/strange-is-it-not-that-of-the-myriads-who-before-us-passed-the-door/) [Horace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/horace/) > [“Finxerunt animi, raro et perpauca loquentis. (To action little, less to words inclinded.)”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/horace/finxerunt-animi-raro-et-perpauca-loquentis-to-action-little-less-to/) [Horace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/horace/) > [No verse can give pleasure for long, nor last, that is written by drinkers of water.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/horace/no-verse-can-give-pleasure-for-long-nor-last-that-is-written-by/) [Horace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/horace/) > [Fate with impartial hand turns out the doom of high and low; her capacious urn is constantly shaking the names of all mankind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/horace/fate-with-impartial-hand-turns-out-the-doom-of-high-and-low-her/) [Horace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/horace/) > [A word, once sent abroad, flies irrevocably.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/horace/a-word-once-sent-abroad-flies-irrevocably/) [Horace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/horace/) > [“Natales grate numeras? (Do you count your birthdays with gratitude?)”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/horace/natales-grate-numeras-do-you-count-your-birthdays-with-gratitude/) [Horace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/horace/) > [ In a moment comes either death or joyful victory. \[Lat., Horae Momento cita mors venit aut victoria laeta.\] ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/horace/in-a-moment-comes-either-death-or-joyful-victory-lat-horae-momento/) [Horace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/horace/) > [Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori - It is a sweet and becoming thing to die for ones country.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/horace/dulce-et-decorum-est-pro-patria-mori-it-is-a-sweet-and-becoming-thing/) [Horace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/horace/) > [ Neither men, nor gods, nor booksellers' shelves permit ordinary poets to exist. \[Lat., Mediocribus esse poetis Non homines, non di, non concessere columnae.\] ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/horace/neither-men-nor-gods-nor-booksellers-shelves-permit-ordinary-poets-to/) [Horace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/horace/) > [Don't yield to that alluring witch, laziness, or else be prepared to surrender all that you have won in your better moments.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/horace/don-t-yield-to-that-alluring-witch-laziness-or-else-be-prepared-to/) [Horace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/horace/) > [Avoid inquisitive persons, for they are sure to be gossips, their ears are open to hear, but they will not keep what is entrusted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/horace/avoid-inquisitive-persons-for-they-are-sure-to-be-gossips-their-ears/) [Horace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/horace/) > [“You may drive out Nature with a pitchfork, yet she still will hurry back.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/horace/you-may-drive-out-nature-with-a-pitchfork-yet-she-still-will-hurry/) [Horace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/horace/) > [There is a proper measure in all things, certain limits beyond which and short of which right is not to be found. Who so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/horace/there-is-a-proper-measure-in-all-things-certain-limits-beyond-which/) [Horace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/horace/) > [Never despair while under the guidance and auspices of Teucer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/horace/never-despair-while-under-the-guidance-and-auspices-of-teucer/) [Horace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/horace/) > [Alas, Postumus, the fleeting years slip by, nor will piety give any stay to wrinkles and pressing old age and untamable death.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/horace/alas-postumus-the-fleeting-years-slip-by-nor-will-piety-give-any-stay/) [Horace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/horace/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/faults/horace/#itemlist", "name": "11 Faults Quotes By Horace", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There are faults we would fain pardon.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Horace" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/horace/there-are-faults-we-would-fain-pardon/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/963/horace-172_faults_there-are-faults-we-would-fain-pardon-20_2003787.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/963/horace-172_faults_there-are-faults-we-would-fain-pardon-20_2003787.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/963/horace-172_faults_there-are-faults-we-would-fain-pardon-20_2003787.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“There are faults we would fain pardon.” — Horace", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Faults are soon copied.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Horace" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/horace/faults-are-soon-copied/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be9/horace-172_faults_faults-are-soon-copied-1356023_1356023.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be9/horace-172_faults_faults-are-soon-copied-1356023_1356023.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be9/horace-172_faults_faults-are-soon-copied-1356023_1356023.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Faults are soon copied.” — Horace", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "No man is born without faults.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Horace" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/horace/no-man-is-born-without-faults/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/59d/horace-172_born_no-man-is-born-without-faults-123757_123757.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/59d/horace-172_born_no-man-is-born-without-faults-123757_123757.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/59d/horace-172_born_no-man-is-born-without-faults-123757_123757.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“No man is born without faults.” — Horace", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Faults are committed within the walls of Troy and also without. 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