Quotes by Horace

"The one who prosperity takes too much delight in will be the most shocked by reverses."

Horace on adversity
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"As a rule, adversity reveals genius and prosperity hides it."

Horace on adversity
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"Adversity reveals genius, prosperity conceals it."

Horace on adversity
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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 on adversity   

"Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents, which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant."

Horace on adversity
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"Whatever advice you give, be short."

Horace on advice
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"A good scare is worth more than good advice."

Horace on advice
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"He who has made it a practice to lie and deceive his father, will be the most daring in deceiving others."

Horace on deception
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"When things are steep, remember to stay level-headed."

Horace on discipline   

"How great, my friends, is the virtue of living upon a little!"

Horace on economy and economics   

"If you would have me weep, you must first of all feel grief yourself."

Horace on emotions
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"He will be loved when dead, who was envied when he was living."

Horace on envy   

"What fugitive from his country can also escape from himself."

Horace on escapism   

"Life is largely a matter of expectation."

Horace on expectation
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"What we learn only through the ears makes less impression upon our minds than what is presented to the trustworthy eye."

Horace on eyes
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"The lofty pine is oftenest shaken by the winds; High towers fall with a heavier crash; And the lightning strikes the highest mountain."

Horace on fate   

"While fools shun one set of faults they run into the opposite one."

Horace on faults   

"Mix a little foolishness with your serious plans. It is lovely to be silly at the right moment."

Horace on fools and foolishness
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"Fortune makes a fool of those she favors too much."

Horace on fortune
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"If a man's fortune does not fit him, it is like the shoe in the story; if too large it trips him up, if too small it pinches him."

Horace on fortune   

"We are free to yield to truth."

Horace on freedom   

"Who then is free? The one who wisely is lord of themselves, who neither poverty, death or captivity terrify, who is strong to resist his appetites and shun honors, and is complete in themselves smooth and round like a globe."

Horace on freedom
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"Who then is free? The wise man who can govern himself."

Horace on freedom   

"He gains everyone's approval who mixes the pleasant with the useful."

Horace on function
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"Help a man against his will and you do the same as murder him."

Horace on aid and assistance
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"Nothing is too high for the daring of mortals: we storm heaven itself in our folly."

Horace on ambition   

"I shall strike the stars with my unlifted head."

Horace on ambition   

"Begin, be bold and venture to be wise."

Horace on goals
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"Gold will be slave or master."

Horace on gold   

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"Avoid inquisitive persons, for they are sure to be gossips, their ears are open to hear, but they will not keep what is entrusted to them."

Horace on gossip
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"To have a great man for a friend seems pleasant to those who have never tried it; those who have, fear it."

Horace on greatness   

"The avarice person is ever in want; let your desired aim have a fixed limit."

Horace on greed   

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

Horace on happiness
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"It is the false shame of fools to try to conceal wounds that have not healed."

Horace on health   

"A jest often decides matters of importance more effectual and happily than seriousness."

Horace on humor   

"In the word of no master am I bound to believe."

Horace on independence
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"Undeservedly you will atone for the sins of your fathers."

Horace on justice
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"He is armed without who is innocent within, be this thy screen, and this thy wall of brass."

Horace on innocence   

"I teach that all men are mad."

Horace on insanity   

"He who is upright in his way of life and free from sin."

Horace on integrity