All Horace Quotes
- Let your character be kept up the very end, just as it began, and so be consistent. Began
- You have played enough; you have eaten and drunk enough. Now it is time for you to depart. Depart
- It is grievous to be caught. Caught
- Don't just think, do. Inspirational
- The hour of happiness will be the more welcome, the less it was expected. Expected
- The Muse gave the Greeks genius and the art of the well-turned phrase. Art
- There is nothing assured to mortals. Assured
- Avoid greatness in a cottage there may be more real happiness than kings or their favourites enjoy. Avoid
- When you introduce a moral lesson, let it be brief. Brief
- If a better system is thine, impart it if not, make use of mine. Better
- I can never forget suffering and I will never forget sunset. I came home with all of it in my mind. All
- Nothing is swifter than rumor. Funny
- What has this unfeeling age of ours left untried, what wickedness has it shunned? Age
- Whatever you teach, be brief; what is quickly said, the mind readily receives and faithfully retains, everything superfluous runs over as from a full vessel. Brief
- Even virtue followed beyond reason's rule May stamp the just man knave, the sage a fool. Beyond
- Is virtue raised by culture, or self-sown? Culture
- Virtue consists in fleeing vice. Consists
- All else-valor, a good name, glory, everything in heaven and earth-is secondary to the charm of riches. All
- Sweet and glorious it is to die for our country. Country
- The poets aim is either to profit or to please, or to blend in one the delightful and the useful. Whatever the lesson you would… Aim
- One night awaits all, and death's path must be trodden once and for all. All
- Punishment closely follows guilt as its companion. Closely
- Those who want much, are always much in need. Contentment
- The covetous person is full of fear; and he or she who lives in fear will ever be a slave. Covetous
- The one who prosperity takes too much delight in will be the most shocked by reverses. Adversity