Horace quotes

“The man is either mad, or he is making verses.”

— Horace

“Make a good use of the present. ”

— Horace

“The disgrace of others often keeps tender minds from vice.”

— Horace

“It is of no consequence of what parents a man is born, as long as he be a man of merit.”

— Horace

“Words will not fail when the matter is well considered.”

— Horace

“Labor diligently to increase your property. ”

— Horace

“Good sense is both the first principal and the parent source of good writing.”

— Horace

“Mountains will go into labour, and a silly little mouse will be born.”

— Horace

“Lawyers are men who hire out their words and anger.”

— Horace

“In adversity remember to keep an even mind. ”

— Horace

“Adversity reveals genius, prosperity conceals it. ”

— Horace

“If you would have me weep, you must first of all feel grief yourself.”

— Horace

“Whoever cultivates the golden mean avoids both the poverty of a hovel and the envy of a palace.”

— Horace

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

— Horace

“Pale Death beats equally at the poor man's gate and at the palaces of kings.”

— Horace

“This is a fault common to all singers, that among their friends they will never sing when they are asked; unasked, they will never desist. ”

— Horace

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

— Horace

“I strive to be brief but I become obscure. ”

— Horace

“To have a great man for a friend seems pleasant to those who have never tried it; those who have, fear it. ”

— Horace