All Horace Quotes
- Joys do not fall to the rich alone; nor has he lived ill of whose birth and death no one took note. Alone
- Our years Glide silently away. No tears, No loving orisons repair The wrinkled cheek, the whitening hair That drop forgotten to the tomb. Age
- And take back ill-polished stanzas to the anvil. Anvil
- It is not enough for poems to be fine; they must charm, and draw the mind of the listener at will. Charm
- Poetry is like painting: one piece takes your fancy if you stand close to it, another if you keep at some distance. Close
- There are as many preferences as there are men. Inspirational
- Dismiss the old horse in good time, lest he fail in the lists and the spectators laugh. Dismiss
- When you have well thought out your subject, words will come spontaneously. Come Spontaneously
- The changing year's successive plan Proclaims mortality to man. Changing
- Let him who has enough ask for nothing more. Ask
- As a true translator you will take care not to translate word for word. Care
- I am not bound over to swear allegiance to any master; where the storm drives me I turn in for shelter. Allegiance
- Few cross the river of time and are able to reach non-being. Most of them run up and down only on this side of the… Able
- It's a good thing to be foolishly gay once in a while. Foolishly
- Great effort is required to arrest decay and restore vigor. One must exercise proper deliberation, plan carefully before making a move, and be alert in… Advice
- Remember you must die whether you sit about moping all day long or whether on feast days you stretch out in a green field, happy… All
- Once sent out, a word takes wings beyond recall. Beyond
- That destructive siren, sloth, is ever to be avoided. Avoided
- There is a proper measure in all things, certain limits beyond which and short of which right is not to be found. Who so cultivates… All
- If you drive nature out with a pitchfork, she will soon find a way back. Drive