Quotes by Horace

Horace

Roman poet

Category: Poets (Contemporary)

  • Sad people dislike the happy, and the happy the sad; the quick thinking the sedate, and the careless the busy and industrious.
  • You who write, choose a subject suited to your abilities and think long and hard on what your powers are equal to and what they are unable to perform.
  • What we learn only through the ears makes less impression upon our minds than what is presented to the trustworthy eye.
  • 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.
  • A shoe that is too large is apt to trip one, and when too small, to pinch the feet. So it is with those whose fortune does not suit them.
  • One wanders to the left, another to the right. Both are equally in error, but, are seduced by different delusions.
  • No verse can give pleasure for long, nor last, that is written by drinkers of water.
  • The lofty pine is oftenest shaken by the winds; High towers fall with a heavier crash; And the lightning strikes the highest mountain.
  • To have a great man for a friend seems pleasant to those who have never tried it; those who have, fear it.
  • He will always be a slave who does not know how to live upon a little.
  • One gains universal applause who mingles the useful with the agreeable, at once delighting and instructing the reader.
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  • Let your character be kept up the very end, just as it began, and so be consistent.
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  • A good scare is worth more than good advice.
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  • Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents, which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant.
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  • Anger is a brief lunacy.
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  • Anger is a momentary madness, so control your passion or it will control you.
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  • Knowledge without education is but armed injustice.
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  • Mingle some brief folly with your wisdom.
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  • Sad people dislike the happy, and the happy the sad; the quick thinking the sedate, and the careless the busy and industrious.
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  • A good and faithful judge ever prefers the honorable to the expedient.
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  • A heart well prepared for adversity in bad times hopes, and in good times fears for a change in fortune.
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  • A jest often decides matters of importance more effectual and happily than seriousness.
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  • A picture is a poem without words.
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  • 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.
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  • A shoe that is too large is apt to trip one, and when too small, to pinch the feet. So it is with those whose fortune does not suit them.
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  • A word once uttered can never be recalled.
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  • What we learn only through the ears makes less impression upon our minds than what is presented to the trustworthy eye.
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  • Whatever advice you give, be short.
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  • When things are steep, remember to stay level-headed.
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  • When you introduce a moral lesson, let it be brief.
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  • While fools shun one set of faults they run into the opposite one.
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What are the most famous quotes from Horace?

The two most famous quotes from Horace are:

  • "Let your character be kept up the very end, just as it began, and so be consistent."
  • "A good scare is worth more than good advice."