Time Quotes by Horace

Wisdom at times is found in folly.

— Horace

Remember to keep the mind calm in difficult moments.

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On day is pressed on by another.

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“Now is the time to drink!”

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Believe it, future generations.

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In times of stress, be bold and valiant.

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A wise God shrouds the future in obscure darkness.

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What has not wasting time impaired?

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

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Carpe diem, quam minime credula postero. Enjoy the present day, trusting very little to the morrow.

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You have played enough; you have eaten and drunk enough. Now it is time for you to depart.

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Now is the time for drinking; now the time to beat the earth with unfettered foot.

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Years, following years, steal something every day; At last they steal us from ourselves away.

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As we speak cruel time is fleeing. Seize the day, believing as little as possible in tomorrow.

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Dismiss the old horse in good time, lest he fail in the lists and the spectators laugh.

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It is an undoubted truth, that the less one has to do, the less time one finds to do it in.

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What does not wasting time change! The age of our parents, worse than that of our grandsires, has brought us forth more…

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It is time for thee to be gone, lest the age more decent in its wantonness should laugh at thee and drive…

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For example, the tiny ant, a creature of great industry, drags with its mouth whatever it can, and adds it to the…

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While we're talking, time will have meanly run on... pick today's fruits, not relying on the future in the slightest.

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Multa ferunt anni venientes commoda secum, Multa recedentes adimiunt. (The years, as they come, bring many agreeable things with them; as they…

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The mind that is cheerful in its present state, will be averse to all solicitude as to the future, and will meet…

— Horace

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

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Shun to seek what is hid in the womb of the morrow, and set down as gain in life's ledger whatever time…

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Few cross the river of time and are able to reach non-being. Most of them run up and down only on this…

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Abridge your hopes in proportion to the shortness of the span of human life; for while we converse, the hours, as if…

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I have reared a memorial more enduring than brass, and loftier than the regal structure of the pyramids, which neither the corroding…

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Not even for an hour can you bear to be alone, nor can you advantageously apply your leisure time, but you endeavor,…

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“Even as we speak, time speeds swiftly away.”

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Youth is unduly busy with pampering the outer person.

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Gloriously false, a maid famous for all time.

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“As we speak, cruel time is fleeing. Seize the day, believing as little as possible in the morrow.”

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In hard times, no less than in prosperity, preserve equanimity.

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When evil times prevail, take care to preserve the serenity of your hear.

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Seize the day, trusting as little as possible in the future.

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

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Mingle some brief folly with wisdom now: To be foolish is sweet at times.

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Time will bring to light whatever is hidden it will cover up and conceal what is now shining in splendor.

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Damnosa quid non imminuit dies? What does not destructive time destroy?

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The years as they pass plunder us of one thing after another.

— Horace