53 Quotes By Horace

---

Nothing's beautiful from every point of view.
Horace on beauty

Pale death, with impartial step, knocks at the hut of the poor and the towers of kings.
Horace on death

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

It's a good thing to be foolishly gay once in a while.
Horace on fool

Who then is free? The wise man who can command himself.
Horace on freedom

That destructive siren, sloth, is ever to be avoided.
Horace on idleness

Fidelity is the sister of justice.
Horace on justice

Suffering is but another name for the teaching of experience, which is the parent of instruction and the schoolmaster of life.
Horace on learning

In labouring to be concise, I become obscure.
Horace on speech

Nothing is too high for the daring of mortals: we storm heaven itself in our folly.
Horace on success

Time will bring to light whatever is hidden; it will cover up and conceal what is now shining in splendor.
Horace on time

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

Let your literary compositions be kept from the public eye for nine years at least.
Horace on writing