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."

“A picture is a poem without words.”

— Horace

Art

All Quotes by Horace

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

— Horace

Alone

“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

Death

“A picture is a poem without words.”

— Horace

Art

“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

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

— Horace

Success

“Life is largely a matter of expectation.”

— Horace

Life

“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

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

— Horace

Sad

“Cease to inquire what the future has in store, and take as a gift whatever the day brings forth.”

— Horace

Future

“Anger is a short madness.”

— Horace

Anger

“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

Travel

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

— Horace

Fear

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

— Horace

Experience

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

— Horace

Change

“The power of daring anything their fancy suggest, as always been conceded to the painter and the poet.”

— Horace

Power

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

— Horace

Death

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

— Horace

Work

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

— Horace

Anger

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

— Horace

Money

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

— Horace

Dad