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."

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

— Horace

Change

All Quotes by Horace

“Knowledge without education is but armed injustice.”

— Horace

Education

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

— Horace

Poetry

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

— Horace

Death

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

— Horace

Alone

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

— Horace

Anger

“It is no great art to say something briefly when, like Tacitus, one has something to say when one has nothing to say, however, and none the less writes a whole book and makes truth into a liar - that I call an achievement.”

— Horace

Art

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

— Horace

Death

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

— Horace

Success

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

— Horace

Trust

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

— Horace

Anger

“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

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

— Horace

Experience

“It is courage, courage, courage, that raises the blood of life to crimson splendor. Live bravely and present a brave front to adversity.”

— Horace

Courage

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

— Horace

Future

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

— Horace

Fear

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

— Horace

Dad

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

— Horace

Change

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

— Horace

Business

“A picture is a poem without words.”

— Horace

Art

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

— Horace

Money