--- title: "9 Short Quotes By Horace" description: "9 Short quotes by Horace. Plus more from Horace and more Short sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1de/horace-172_concise_in-trying-to-be-concise-i-become-obscure_643470.jpg" --- > [In trying to be concise I become obscure.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/horace/in-trying-to-be-concise-i-become-obscure/) [Horace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/horace/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1de/horace-172_concise_in-trying-to-be-concise-i-become-obscure_643470.jpg) > [Anger is short-lived madness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/horace/anger-is-short-lived-madness/) [Horace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/horace/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d96/horace-172_anger_anger-is-short-lived-madness-2594724_2594724.jpg) > [Mingle some brief folly with your wisdom.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/horace/mingle-some-brief-folly-with-your-wisdom/) [Horace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/horace/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/068/horace-172_foolishness_mingle-some-brief-folly-with-your-wisdom_1095203.jpg) > [Live mindful of how brief your life is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/horace/live-mindful-of-how-brief-your-life-is/) [Horace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/horace/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e4/horace-172_life_live-mindful-of-how-brief-your-life-is-1_1248689.jpg) > [Anger is a short madness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/horace/anger-is-a-short-madness/) [Horace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/horace/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/664/horace-172_anger_anger-is-a-short-madness-2404568_2404568.jpg) > [Whatever advice you give, be short.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/horace/whatever-advice-you-give-be-short/) [Horace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/horace/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/905/horace-172_advice_whatever-advice-you-give-be-short-198137_1981373.jpg) > [In labouring to be concise, I become obscure.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/horace/in-labouring-to-be-concise-i-become-obscure/) [Horace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/horace/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a9/horace-172_become_in-labouring-to-be-concise-i-become-obsc_875671.jpg) > [The short span of life forbids us to take on far-reaching hopes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/horace/the-short-span-of-life-forbids-us-to-take-on-far-reaching-hopes/) [Horace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/horace/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c38/horace-172_hope_the-short-span-of-life-forbids-us-to-tak_1881335.jpg) > [The short span of life forbids us to spin out hope to any length. Soon will night be upon you, and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/horace/the-short-span-of-life-forbids-us-to-spin-out-hope-to-any-length-soon/) [Horace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/horace/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/064/horace-172_home_the-short-span-of-life-forbids-us-to-spi_1000256.jpg) ## Other authors on Short ## 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/short/horace/#itemlist", "name": "9 Short Quotes By Horace", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "In trying to 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