All Horace Quotes
- Leuconoe, close the book of fate, For troubles are in store, . . . . Live today, tomorrow is not. Book
- Carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero'Snatch at today and trust as little as you can in tomorrow' - (Odes) Often translated as 'Seize the day'. Carpe
- They change their sky, not their mind, who cross the sea. A busy idleness possesses us: we seek a happy life, with ships and carriages:… Busy
- Plant no other tree before the vine. Inspirational
- Riches either serve or govern the possessor. Either Serve
- For everything divine and human, virtue, fame, and honor, now obey the alluring influence of riches. Alluring
- Noble descent and worth, unless united with wealth, are esteemed no more than seaweed. Descent
- Mighty to inspire new hopes, and able to drown the bitterness of cares. Able
- Not to hope for things to last forever, is what the year teaches and even the hour which snatches a nice day away. Change
- Do not try to find out - we're forbidden to know - what end the gods have in store for me, or for you. Destiny
- Often you must turn your stylus to erase, if you hope to write anything worth a second reading. Anything Worth
- Painters and poets alike have always had license to dare anything! We know that, and we both claim and allow to others in their turn… Alike
- To marvel at nothing is just about the one and only thing, Numicius, that can make a man happy and keep him that way. Happiness
- Nature is harmony in discord. Discord
- Not gods, nor men, nor even booksellers have put up with poets' being second-rate. Booksellers
- That I make poetry and give pleasure - if I give pleasure - are because of you. Give
- I have to submit to much in order to pacify the touchy tribe of poets. Much
- You will have written exceptionally well if, by skilful arrangement of your words, you have made an ordinary one seem original. Arrangement
- Anger is a short madness. Anger
- Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which, in prosperous circumstances, would have lain dormant. Adversity
- He who has begun has half done. Dare to be wise -begin! Begin
- As we speak cruel time is fleeing. Seize the day, believing as little as possible in tomorrow. Believe
- The years as they pass plunder us of one thing after another. Inspirational
- Clogged with yesterday's excess, the body drags the mind down with it. Body
- He that has given today may, if he so please, take away tomorrow. Away Tomorrow