Thus one thing requires assistance from another, and joins in friendly help. — Horace Copy Share Image
To have a great man for a friend seems pleasant to those who have never tried it; those who have, fear it. — Horace Copy Share Image
He who speaks ill of an absent friend, or fails to take his part if attacked by another, that man is a… — Horace Copy Share Image
All singers have this fault: if asked to sing among friends they are never so inclined; if unasked, they never leave off. — Horace Copy Share Image
True friends appear less mov'd than counterfeit; As men that grieve at funerals are not so loud as those that cry for… — Horace Copy Share Image
Wise were the kings who never chose a friend till with full cups they had unmasked his soul, and seen the bottom… — Horace Copy Share Image
Sovereign money procures a wife with a large fortune, gets a man credit, creates friends, stands in place of pedigree, and even… — Horace Copy Share Image
Virtue, dear friend, needs no defense, The surest guard is innocence: None knew, till guilt created fear, What darts or poisoned arrows… — Horace Copy Share Image
To have a great man for an intimate friend seems pleasant to those who have never tried it; those who have, fear… — Horace Copy Share Image
Receive, dear friend, the truths I teach, So shalt thou live beyond the reach Of adverse Fortune's pow'r; Not always tempt the… — Horace Copy Share Image
It is not the rich man you should properly call happy, but him who knows how to use with wisdom the blessings… — Horace Copy Share Image
Strange - is it not? That of the myriads who Before us passed the door of Darkness through, Not one returns to tell us… — Horace Copy Share Image
“Finxerunt animi, raro et perpauca loquentis. (To action little, less to words inclinded.)” — Horace Copy Share Image
No verse can give pleasure for long, nor last, that is written by drinkers of water. — Horace Copy Share Image
Fate with impartial hand turns out the doom of high and low; her capacious urn is constantly shaking the names of all mankind. — Horace Copy Share Image
In a moment comes either death or joyful victory. [Lat., Horae Momento cita mors venit aut victoria laeta.] — Horace Copy Share Image
Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori - It is a sweet and becoming thing to die for ones country. — Horace Copy Share Image
Neither men, nor gods, nor booksellers' shelves permit ordinary poets to exist. [Lat., Mediocribus esse poetis Non homines, non di, non concessere columnae.] — Horace Copy Share Image
Don't yield to that alluring witch, laziness, or else be prepared to surrender all that you have won in your better moments. — Horace Copy Share Image
Avoid inquisitive persons, for they are sure to be gossips, their ears are open to hear, but they will not keep what is entrusted… — Horace Copy Share Image
“You may drive out Nature with a pitchfork, yet she still will hurry back.” — Horace Copy Share Image