53 Quotes By Horace


To have a great man for a friend seems pleasant to those who have never tried it those who have, fear it.
Horace on great

You traverse the world in search of happiness, which is within the reach of every man. A contented mind confers it on all.
Horace on happiness

Knowledge without education is but armed injustice.
Horace on knowledge

Remember when life's path is steep to keep your mind even.
Horace on life

Life is largely a matter of expectation.
Horace on life

Money is a handmaiden, if thou knowest how to use it a mistress, if thou knowest not.
Horace on money

You may drive out nature with a pitchfork, yet she'll be constantly running back.
Horace on nature

No poems can please for long or live that are written by water drinkers.
Horace on poetry

The power of daring anything their fancy suggest, as always been conceded to the painter and the poet.
Horace on power

Sad people dislike the happy, and the happy the sad the quick thinking the sedate, and the careless the busy and industrious.
Horace on sad

The envious man grows lean at the success of his neighbor.
Horace on success

Strange - is it not? That of the myriads who Before us passed the door of Darkness through, Not one returns to tell us of the road Which to discover we must travel too.
Horace on travel

Seize the day, and put the least possible trust in tomorrow.
Horace on trust

It is no great art to say something briefly when, like Tacitus, one has something to say when one has nothing to say, however, and none the less writes a whole book and makes truth into a liar - that I call an achievement.
Horace on truth

We are free to yield to truth.
Horace on truth

Wisdom is not wisdom when it is derived from books alone.
Horace on wisdom

A heart well prepared for adversity in bad times hopes, and in good times fears for a change in fortune.
Horace on wisdom

Life grants nothing to us mortals without hard work.
Horace on work

Adversity reveals genius, prosperity conceals it.
Horace on adversity

Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents, which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant.
Horace on adversity