All Horace Quotes
- Anger is short-lived madness. Anger
- I hate the irreverent rabble and keep them far from me. Far
- Misfortunes, untoward events, lay open, disclose the skill of a general, while success conceals his weakness, his weak points. Conceals
- Adversity is wont to reveal genius, prosperity to hide it. Adversity
- Imagine every day to be the last of a life surrounded with hopes, cares, anger, and fear. The hours that come unexpectedly will be so… Anger
- In love there are two evils: war and peace. Evil
- He will always be a slave who does not know how to live upon a little. Doe
- Without love and laughter there is no joy; live amid love and laughter. Amid
- I have lived: tomorrow the Father may fill the sky with black clouds or with cloudless sunshine. Black
- He who feared that he would not succeed sat still. Feared
- The aim of the poet is to inform or delight, or to combine together, in what he says, both pleasure and applicability to life. In… Aim
- And seek for truth in the groves of Academe. Academe
- It is the false shame of fools to try to conceal wounds that have not healed. Conceal
- A host is like a general: calamities often reveal his genius. Calamities
- A portion of mankind take pride in their vices and pursue their purpose; many more waver between doing what is right and complying with what… Complying
- How slight and insignificant is the thing which casts down or restores a mind greedy for praise. Casts
- There are words and accents by which this grief can be assuaged, and the disease in a great measure removed. Accents
- Think to yourself that every day is your last; the hour to which you do not look forward will come as a welcome surprise. Day
- Fortune makes a fool of those she favors too much. Favors
- Be modest in speech, but excel in action. Action