Horace

“Remember when life's path is steep to keep your mind even.”

— Horace

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

— Horace

“To have a great man for a friend seems pleasant to those who have never tried it those who have, fear it.”

— Horace

“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.”

— Horace

“He has not lived badly whose birth and death has been unnoticed by the world.”

— Horace

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

— Horace

“It is your business when the wall next door catches fire.”

— Horace

“Lawyers are men who hire out their words and anger.”

— Horace

“Strange - is it not? That of the myriads who Before us passed the door of Darkness through, Not one returns to tell us of the road Which to discover we must travel too.”

— Horace

“Life grants nothing to us mortals without hard work.”

— Horace

“The envious man grows lean at the success of his neighbor.”

— Horace

“Seize the day, and put the least possible trust in tomorrow.”

— Horace

“Few cross the river of time and are able to reach non-being. Most of them run up and down only on this side of the river. But those who when they know the law follow the path of the law, they shall reach the other shore and go beyond the realm of death.”

— Horace

“Anger is a short madness.”

— Horace

“Life is largely a matter of expectation.”

— Horace

“Pale Death beats equally at the poor man's gate and at the palaces of kings.”

— Horace

“Knowledge without education is but armed injustice.”

— Horace

“You may drive out nature with a pitchfork, yet she'll be constantly running back.”

— Horace

“Suffering is but another name for the teaching of experience, which is the parent of instruction and the schoolmaster of life.”

— Horace

“We are free to yield to truth.”

— Horace