"Be this thy brazen bulwark, to keep a……" — Horace
"Be this thy brazen bulwark, to keep a clear conscience, and never turn pale with guilt."
—
Horace
★
★
★
★
★
0.0 avg (0 ratings)
499 Quotes by Horace
Horace has 499 quotes on this site.
A few more worth reading:
-
Sad people dislike the happy, and the happy the sad; the quick thinking the sedate, and the careless the busy…
-
Joyful let the soul be in the present, let it disdain to trouble about what is beyond and temper bitterness…
-
Avoid inquisitive persons, for they are sure to be gossips, their ears are open to hear, but they will not…
-
A good and faithful judge ever prefers the honorable to the expedient.
-
The envious man grows lean at the success of his neighbor.
-
Wine brings to light the hidden secrets of the soul, gives being to our hopes, bids the coward flight, drives…
-
It is a sweet and seemly thing to die for one's country.
-
Once a word has been allowed to escape, it cannot be recalled.
-
Force without judgement falls on its own weight.
-
I shall strike the stars with my unlifted head.
-
Nothing is too high for the daring of mortals: we storm heaven itself in our folly.
-
Remember when life's path is steep to keep your mind even.
See all 499 quotes by Horace »
More Brazen Quotes
This quote is filed under Brazen Quotes,
one of 36 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
-
There have already been published by the bucketsful such brazen lies and utter fictions about me that I would long…
— Albert Einstein
-
Wesley Stace has always been the only genuinely gifted fiction writer who also happens to be a rock star, but…
— Sam Lipsyte
-
The race of gods and men is one, and from one mother we both draw our breath. Yet all the…
— Pindar
-
I can think of numberless males, from Bonnard to Callahan, who have photographed their lovers and spouses, but I am…
— Sally Mann
-
But what are pity, conscience, or fear To the brazen pair, compared With the living sorcery Of their hot embraces?
— Boris Pasternak
-
Houston is a cruel, crazy town on a filthy river in East Texas with no zoning laws and a culture…
— Hunter S. Thompson
-
Those mutually opposed manifestos are written with the same eloquence, they breathe the same virtuous indignation, and one is just…
— Mikhail Bakunin
-
If civilization is in danger today... it will do so with the enthusiastic assistance of credulous people. They seem to…
— Unknown Author
-
Temptations will no more prevail over a contented man, than a dart that is thrown against a brazen wall.
— Jeremiah Burroughs
-
Join the bold, the brazen, the unintimidated. Join not having excuses. Join the idea that fun is the source of…
— Bode Miller
-
Who but a brazen crazy person would go one-on-one with blank paper or canvas armed with nothing but ideas?
— Mark Vonnegut
-
One side thinks the president'€™s request for war-making powers is too brazen and even reckless. The other side thinks it…
— Peter Baker
See all 36 Brazen Quotes »