Quotes by Horace Gregory
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.
He who postpones the hour of living is like the rustic who waits for the river to run out before he crosses.
Make a good use of the present.
You must often make erasures if you mean to write what is worthy of being read a second time; and don't labor for the admiration of the crowd, but be content with a few choice readers.
Life gives nothing to man without labor.
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.
He will always be a slave who does not know how to live upon a little.
He who would begun has half done. Dare to be wise; begin.
Pale Death with impartial tread beats at the poor man's cottage door and at the palaces of kings.
Remember when life's path is steep to keep your mind even.
Seize the day, and put the least possible trust in tomorrow.
If a better system is thine, impart it; if not, make use of mine.
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.
It is your concern when your neighbor's wall is on fire.
Of writing well the source and fountainhead is wise thinking.
Tear thyself from delay.
Nothing is beautiful from every point of view.
O imitators, you slavish herd!
It is courage, courage, courage, that raises the blood of life to crimson splendor. Live bravely and present a brave front to adversity.
Let us my friends snatch our opportunity from the passing day.
Multa ferunt anni venientes commoda secum, Multa recedentes adimiunt. (The years, as they come, bring many agreeable things with them as they go, they take many away.)
A heart well prepared for adversity in bad times hopes, and in good times fears for a change in fortune.
Sad people dislike the happy, and the happy the sad; the quick thinking the sedate, and the careless the busy and industrious.
Life grants nothing to us mortals without hard work.
Believe that each day that shines on you is your last.
