Quotes by Horace
Pale death, with impartial step, knocks at the hut of the poor and the towers of kings.
It is your concern when your neighbor's wall is on fire.
A word once uttered can never be recalled.
He is armed without who is innocent within, be this thy screen, and this thy wall of brass.
Your own safety is at stake when your neighbor's wall is ablaze.
The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes.
In adversity remember to keep an even mind.
Good sense is both the first principal and the parent source of good writing.
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.
Lawyers are men who hire out their words and anger.
Undeservedly you will atone for the sins of your fathers.
The envious man grows lean at the success of his neighbor.
It is when I struggle to be brief that I become obscure.
It is the false shame of fools to try to conceal wounds that have not healed.
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.
Labor diligently to increase your property.
O imitators, you slavish herd!
Nothing's beautiful from every point of view.
Who then is free? The wise man who can command himself.
This is a fault common to all singers, that among their friends they will never sing when they are asked; unasked, they will never desist.
Pale Death beats equally at the poor man's gate and at the palaces of kings.
It is your business when the wall next door catches fire.
I never think at all when I write. Nobody can do two things at the same time and do them both well.
Clogged with yesterday's excess, the body drags the mind down with it.
If matters go badly now, they will not always be so.
