53 Quotes By Horace


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

Anger is a short madness.
Horace on anger

The one who cannot restrain their anger will wish undone, what their temper and irritation prompted them to do.
Horace on anger

Lawyers are men who hire out their words and anger.
Horace on anger

A picture is a poem without words.
Horace on art

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 art

It is your business when the wall next door catches fire.
Horace on business

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

It is courage, courage, courage, that raises the blood of life to crimson splendor. Live bravely and present a brave front to adversity.
Horace on courage

Undeservedly you will atone for the sins of your fathers.
Horace on dad

Pale Death beats equally at the poor man's gate and at the palaces of kings.
Horace on death

Few cross the river of time and are able to reach non-being. Most of them run up and down only on this side of the river. But those who when they know the law follow the path of the law, they shall reach the other shore and go beyond the realm of death.
Horace on death

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

He has not lived badly whose birth and death has been unnoticed by the world.
Horace on death

Knowledge without education is but armed injustice.
Horace on education

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

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

Cease to inquire what the future has in store, and take as a gift whatever the day brings forth.
Horace on future

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 great

Great effort is required to arrest decay and restore vigor. One must exercise proper deliberation, plan carefully before making a move, and be alert in guarding against relapse following a renaissance.
Horace on great