Horace Quotes

I never think at all when I write. Nobody can do two things at the same time and do them both well.

Anger is a short madness.

The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes.

Anger is a momentary madness, so control your passion or it will control you.

Rule your mind or it will rule you.

Fortune makes a fool of those she favors too much.

Once a word has been allowed to escape, it cannot be recalled.

The pen is the tongue of the mind.

When things are steep, remember to stay level-headed.

A picture is a poem without words.

The one who cannot restrain their anger will wish undone, what their temper and irritation prompted them to do.

Mix a little foolishness with your serious plans; it's lovely to be silly at the right moment.

The lofty pine is oftenest shaken by the winds; High towers fall with a heavier crash; And the lightning strikes the highest mountain.

The man is either mad, or he is making verses.

A good and faithful judge ever prefers the honorable to the expedient.

A heart well prepared for adversity in bad times hopes, and in good times fears for a change in fortune.

A host is like a general: calamities often reveal his genius.

Mistakes are their own instructors.

Your own safety is at stake when your neighbor's house is ablaze.

Anger is a brief madness.

Often the truth spoken with a smile will penetrate the mind and reach the heart; the lesson strikes home without wounding because of the wit in the saying.

Virtue, dear friend, needs no defense, The surest guard is innocence: None knew, till guilt created fear, What darts or poisoned arrows were.

In Rome you long for the country; in the country oh inconstant! you praise the distant city to the stars.

Who then is free? The one who wisely is lord of themselves, who neither poverty, death or captivity terrify, who is strong to resist his appetites and shun honors, and is complete in themselves smooth and round like a globe.

A portion of mankind take pride in their vices and pursue their purpose; many more waver between doing what is right and complying with what is wrong.