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“Whatever advice you give, be short.”
Horace
“A good and faithful judge ever prefers the honorable to the expedient.”
Horace
“A word once uttered can never be recalled.”
Horace
“A word, once sent abroad, flies irrevocably.”
Horace
“Seize the day, and put the least possible trust in tomorrow.”
Horace
“Choose a subject equal to your abilities; think carefully what your shoulders may refuse, and what they are capable of bearing.”
Horace
“It is courage, courage, courage, that raises the blood of life to crimson splendor. Live bravely and present a brave front to adversity.”
Horace
“Only a stomach that rarely feels hungry scorns common things.”
Horace
“Once a word has been allowed to escape, it cannot be recalled.”
Horace
“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
“Who then is free? The wise man who can command himself.”
Horace
“It's a good thing to be foolishly gay once in a while.”
Horace
“Money is a handmaiden, if thou knowest how to use it; a mistress, if thou knowest not.”
Horace
“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
“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
“You traverse the world in search of happiness, which is within the reach of every man. A contented mind confers it on all.”
Horace
“Nothing's beautiful from every point of view.”
Horace
“No poems can please for long or live that are written by water drinkers.”
Horace
“Usually the modest person passes for someone reserved, the silent for a sullen person.”
Horace
“It is your business when the wall next door catches fire.”
Horace
“Your own safety is at stake when your neighbor's wall is ablaze.”
Horace
“Why do you hasten to remove anything which hurts your eye, while if something affects your soul you postpone the cure until next year?”
Horace
“We are just statistics, born to consume resources.”
Horace
“He who postpones the hour of living is like the rustic who waits for the river to run out before he crosses.”
Horace
“While fools shun one set of faults they run into the opposite one.”
Horace
“Fortune makes a fool of those she favors too much.”
Horace
“If a man's fortune does not fit him, it is like the shoe in the story; if too large it trips him up, if too small it pinches him.”
Horace
“Begin, be bold and venture to be wise.”
Horace
“Knowledge without education is but armed injustice.”
Horace
“Why harass with eternal purposes a mind to weak to grasp them?”
Horace
