Poet · Roman · 109 quotes
Avoid inquisitive persons, for they are sure to be gossips, their ears are open to hear, but they will not keep what is entrusted to them.
Horace
Poet · Roman
I hate the irreverent rabble and keep them far from me.
He gains everyone's approval who mixes the pleasant with the useful.
While fools shun one set of faults they run into the opposite one.
He has the deed half done who has made a beginning.
Your own safety is at stake when your neighbor's wall is ablaze.
A host is like a general: calamities often reveal his genius.
Only a stomach that rarely feels hungry scorns common things.
The man is either mad, or he is making verses.
We are often deterred from crime by the disgrace of others.
The disgrace of others often keeps tender minds from vice.
A word, once sent abroad, flies irrevocably.
Undeservedly you will atone for the sins of your fathers.
In adversity remember to keep an even mind.
Labor diligently to increase your property.
It is when I struggle to be brief that I become obscure.
It is your concern when your neighbor's wall is on fire.
A word once uttered can never be recalled.
It's a good thing to be foolishly gay once in a while.
When things are steep, remember to stay level-headed.
If matters go badly now, they will not always be so.
Fortune makes a fool of those she favors too much.
We are just statistics, born to consume resources.
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.
Adversity reveals genius, prosperity conceals it.
In labouring to be concise, I become obscure.
Nothing's beautiful from every point of view.
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.
I strive to be brief but I become obscure.
Subdue your passion or it will subdue you.
You must avoid sloth, that wicked siren.
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.
Begin, be bold and venture to be wise.
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.
The pen is the tongue of the mind.
Make a good use of the present.
We are free to yield to truth.
I teach that all men are mad.
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.
Whatever advice you give, be short.
Fidelity is the sister of justice.
Poets wish to profit or to please.
O imitators, you slavish herd!
Leave the rest to the gods.
Every old poem is sacred.
Anger is a short madness.
Don't think, just do.
