"When putting words together is good to do……" — Horace
"When putting words together is good to do it with nicety and caution, your elegance and talent will be evident if by putting ordinary words together you create a new voice."
—
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 Caution Quotes
This quote is filed under Caution Quotes,
one of 354 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
-
Mystery creates wonder and wonder is the basis of man's desire to understand.
— Neil Armstrong
-
Caution: These verses may be hazardous to your solemnity.
— Russell Baker
-
If you wish to succeed in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother,…
— Joseph Addison
-
Youth is the spirit of adventure and awakening. It is a time of physical emerging when the body attains the…
— Ezra Taft Benson
-
The chief danger in life is that you may take too many precautions.
— Alfred Adler
-
I have learned to use the word 'impossible' with the greatest caution.
— Wernher von Braun
-
Every human being has, like Socrates, an attendant spirit; and wise are they who obey its signals. If it does…
— Lydia M. Child
-
Some people like to live without too much risk. They're satisfied leading a safe existence. This attitude of caution infiltrates…
— Tom Platz
-
If the past is not resolved, future relationships will suffer. Let your heart heal, before you open the door to…
— Leon Brown
-
If mankind is to profit freely from the small and sporadic crop of the heroically gifted it produces, it will…
— Wilfred Trotter
-
Deliberate with caution, but act with decision and yield with graciousness, or oppose with firmness.
— Charles Caleb Colton
-
The Scripture abounds in commands and cautions for our utmost diligence in our search and inquiry as to whether we…
— John Owen
See all 354 Caution Quotes »