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Quotes by Horace

Horace

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

Horace

In adversity remember to keep an even mind.

Horace

Your own property is concerned when your neighbors house is on fire.

Horace

Anger is a short madness.

Horace

Only a stomach that rarely feels hungry scorns common things.

Horace

Let him who has enough wish for nothing more.

Horace

He who is greedy is always in want.

Horace

You will live wisely if you are happy in your lot.

Horace

And may I live the remainder of my life ... for myself may there be plenty of books and many years store of the fruits of the earth!

Horace

Never despair.

Horace

I teach that all men are mad.

Horace

Acquittal of the guilty damns the judge.

Horace

One cannot know everything.

Horace

The musician who always plays on the same string is laughed at.

Horace

When your neighbors house is afire your own property is at stake.

Horace

Live mindful of how brief your life is.

Horace

Gladly accept the gifts of the present hour.

Horace

He possesses dominion over himself and is happy who can every day say I have lived. Tomorrow the heavenly Father may either involve the world in dark clouds or cheer it with clear sunshine he will not however render ineffectual the things which have already taken place.

Horace

No one is content with his own lot.

Horace

In Rome you long for the country. In the country you praise to the skies the distant town.

Horace