Horace

Horace

32 quotes

Known primarily as a Roman lyric poet, Horace also happens to be one of the most quotable figures in our collection. The range of their thinking — from Death to Great — speaks to an intellectual restlessness that shows in every quote. Our collection holds 38 quotes from Horace, each offering a different angle on Death, Great, Anger, Wisdom, and Truth. As Horace put it: "The one who cannot restrain their anger will wish undone, what their temper and irritation prompted them to do."

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

— Horace

Anger

All Quotes by Horace

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

— Horace

Life

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

— Horace

Anger

“Money is a handmaiden, if thou knowest how to use it a mistress, if thou knowest not.”

— Horace

Money

“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

Great

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

— Horace

Nature

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

— Horace

Anger

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

— Horace

Experience

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

— Horace

Death

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

— Horace

Alone

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

— Horace

Change

“Undeservedly you will atone for the sins of your fathers.”

— Horace

Dad

“Anger is a short madness.”

— Horace

Anger

“Pale death, with impartial step, knocks at the hut of the poor and the towers of kings.”

— Horace

Death

“No poems can please for long or live that are written by water drinkers.”

— Horace

Poetry

“Life is largely a matter of expectation.”

— Horace

Life

“You traverse the world in search of happiness, which is within the reach of every man. A contented mind confers it on all.”

— Horace

Happiness

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

— Horace

Death

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

— Horace

Fear

“Sad people dislike the happy, and the happy the sad the quick thinking the sedate, and the careless the busy and industrious.”

— Horace

Sad

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

— Horace

Trust