All Horace Quotes
- How great, my friends, is the virtue of living upon a little! Economy
- Grammatici certant et adhuc sub iudice lis est. - Grammarians dispute, and the case it still before the courts. Case
- He possesses dominion over himself, and is happy, who can every day say, "I have lived." Tomorrow the heavenly father may either involve the world… Already Taken
- He who is upright in his way of life and free from sin. Free
- He will be loved when dead, who was envied when he was living. Dead
- Good sense is both the first principal and the parent source of good writing. Both
- He has not lived badly whose birth and death has been unnoticed by the world. Badly
- The human race afraid of nothing, rushes on through every crime. Afraid
- No verse can give pleasure for long, nor last, that is written by drinkers of water. Drinkers
- The power of daring anything their fancy suggest, as always been conceded to the painter and the poet. Been
- Whoever cultivates the golden mean avoids both the poverty of a hovel and the envy of a palace. Avoids
- Take away the danger and remove the restraint, and wayward nature runs free. Danger
- You may drive out nature with a pitchfork, yet she'll be constantly running back. Constantly
- Many heroes lived before Agamemnon; but all are unknown and unwept, extinguished in everlasting night, because they have no spirited chronicler. Agamemnon
- It is your business when the wall next door catches fire. Business
- 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