All Horace Quotes
- The foolish are like ripples on water, For whatsoever they do is quickly effaced; But the righteous are like carvings upon stone, For their smallest… Act
- Pale death, with impartial step, knocks at the hut of the poor and the towers of kings. Death
- Strange - is it not? That of the myriads who Before us passed the door of Darkness through, Not one returns to tell us of… Darkness
- Who then is free? The wise man who can command himself. Command
- In labouring to be concise, I become obscure. Become Obscure
- I never think at all when I write. Nobody can do two things at the same time and do them both well. All
- Leave the rest to the gods. God
- O imitators, you slavish herd! Herd
- He who would begun has half done. Dare to be wise; begin. Begin
- He who postpones the hour of living is like the rustic who waits for the river to run out before he crosses. Crosses
- Begin, be bold and venture to be wise. Begin
- The man is either mad, or he is making verses. Either Mad
- The disgrace of others often keeps tender minds from vice. Disgrace
- No poems can please for long or live that are written by water drinkers. Drinkers
- It is when I struggle to be brief that I become obscure. Become Obscure
- Cease to inquire what the future has in store, and take as a gift whatever the day brings forth. Brings
- This is a fault common to all singers, that among their friends they will never sing when they are asked; unasked, they will never desist. All
- I strive to be brief but I become obscure. Become Obscure
- To have a great man for a friend seems pleasant to those who have never tried it; those who have, fear it. Fear
- Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori - It is a sweet and becoming thing to die for ones country. Becoming
- It is of no consequence of what parents a man is born, so he be man of merit. Born
- It is an undoubted truth, that the less one has to do, the less time one finds to do it in. Finds
- Get money first; virtue comes later. Comes Later
- Anger is a brief madness. Anger
- Make money, money by fair means if you can, if not, but any means money. Any