Quotes

“A shoe that is too large is apt to trip one, and when too small, to pinch the feet. So it is with those whose fortune does not suit them.” Horace

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

“One wanders to the left, another to the right. Both are equally in error, but, are seduced by different delusions.” Horace

“A host is like a general: calamities often reveal his genius.” Horace

“He has the deed half done who has made a beginning.” Horace

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

“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

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

“The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes.” Horace

“The foolish are like ripples on water, For whatsoever they do is quickly effaced; But the righteous are like carvings upon stone, For their smallest act is durable.” Horace

“Fidelity is the sister of justice.” Horace

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

“In labouring to be concise, I become obscure.” Horace

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

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

“The pen is the tongue of the mind.” Horace

“I never think at all when I write. Nobody can do two things at the same time and do them both well.” Horace

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

“He tosses aside his paint-pots and his words a foot and a half long.” Horace

“Leave the rest to the gods.” Horace

“It is when I struggle to be brief that I become obscure.” Horace

“It is your concern when your neighbor's wall is on fire.” Horace

“O imitators, you slavish herd!” Horace

“We rarely find anyone who can say he has lived a happy life, and who, content with his life, can retire from the world like a satisfied guest.” Horace

“When things are steep, remember to stay level-headed.” Horace

“If matters go badly now, they will not always be so.” Horace

“He who would begun has half done. Dare to be wise; begin.” Horace

“We are often deterred from crime by the disgrace of others.” Horace

“He gains everyone's approval who mixes the pleasant with the useful.” Horace

“What we learn only through the ears makes less impression upon our minds than what is presented to the trustworthy eye.” Horace