Quotes by Horace
Let your literary compositions be kept from the public eye for nine years at least.
Cease to inquire what the future has in store, and take as a gift whatever the day brings forth.
The power of daring anything their fancy suggest, as always been conceded to the painter and the poet.
While fools shun one set of faults they run into the opposite one.
Seize the day, and put the least possible trust in tomorrow.
Remember when life's path is steep to keep your mind even.
A word, once sent abroad, flies irrevocably.
In labouring to be concise, I become obscure.
He has the deed half done who has made a beginning.
Choose a subject equal to your abilities; think carefully what your shoulders may refuse, and what they are capable of bearing.
He who postpones the hour of living is like the rustic who waits for the river to run out before he crosses.
Life is largely a matter of expectation.
To have a great man for a friend seems pleasant to those who have never tried it; those who have, fear it.
The disgrace of others often keeps tender minds from vice.
The lofty pine is oftenest shaken by the winds; High towers fall with a heavier crash; And the lightning strikes the highest mountain.
You must avoid sloth, that wicked siren.
It is a sweet and seemly thing to die for one's country.
One wanders to the left, another to the right. Both are equally in error, but, are seduced by different delusions.
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.
Knowledge without education is but armed injustice.
Subdue your passion or it will subdue you.
Refrain from asking what going to happen tomorrow, and everyday that fortune grants you, count as gain.
He tosses aside his paint-pots and his words a foot and a half long.
A good and faithful judge ever prefers the honorable to the expedient.
You traverse the world in search of happiness, which is within the reach of every man. A contented mind confers it on all.
