Horace Quotes, Thoughts and images

There are lessons to be learned from a stupid man.

Better to accept whatever happens.

No poem was ever written by a drinker of water.

Dare to begin! He who postpones living rightly is like the rustic who waits for the river to run out before he crosses.

Mix a little foolishness with your serious plans. It is lovely to be silly at the right moment.

Unless the vessel is pure, everything which is poured into it will turn sour.

Wisdom is not wisdom when it is derived from books alone.

A good scare is worth more than good advice.

When you have well thought out your subject, words will come spontaneously.

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

Without love and laughter there is no joy; live amid love and laughter.

Nothing's beautiful from every point of view.

Remember to keep the mind calm in difficult moments.

They change their skies, but not their souls who run across the sea.

In times of stress, be bold and valiant.

When we try to avoid one fault, we are led to the opposite, unless we are very careful.

Life grants nothing to us mortals without hard work.

Only a stomach that rarely feels hungry scorns common things.

The more a man denies himself, the more shall he obtain from God.

Get the money first; virtue comes after.

Many shall be restored that now are fallen and many shall fall that now are in honour.

Knowledge without education is but armed injustice.

A word once let out of the cage cannot be whistled back again.

If matters go badly now, they will not always be so.