Quotes by Horace

"Be ever on your guard what you say of anybody and to whom."

Horace on speakers and speaking
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"He who has begun has half done. Dare to be wise; begin."

Horace on action   

"He has half the deed done who has made a beginning"

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"Nothing's beautiful from every point of view."

Horace on beauty
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"Many heroes lived before Agamemnon; but all are unknown and unwept, extinguished in everlasting night, because they have no spirited chronicler."

Horace on biography
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"I strive to be brief, and I become obscure."

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"Those who cross the sea change only the climate, not their character."

Horace on character   

"If a better system is thine, impart it; if not, make use of mine."

Horace on systems
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"When you introduce a moral lesson, let it be brief."

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"If you wish me to weep, you must first show grief yourself."

Horace on tears
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"Those that are little, little things suit."

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"Make a good use of the present."

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"He that has given today may, if he so please, take away tomorrow."

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"They change their climate, not their soul, who rush across the sea."

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"A portion of mankind take pride in their vices and pursue their purpose; many more waver between doing what is right and complying with what is wrong."

Horace on vice   

"The disgrace of others often keeps tender minds from vice."

Horace on vice   

"It is of no consequence of what parents a man is born, as long as he be a man of merit."

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"Wisdom is not wisdom when it is derived from books alone."

Horace on wisdom
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"Words will not fail when the matter is well considered."

Horace on words   

"A word once uttered can never be recalled."

Horace on words
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"A shoe that is too large is apt to trip one, and when too small, to pinch the feet. So it is with those whose fortune does not suit them."

Horace on work   

"Labor diligently to increase your property."

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"You who write, choose a subject suited to your abilities and think long and hard on what your powers are equal to and what they are unable to perform."

Horace on writers and writing   

"You must often make erasures if you mean to write what is worthy of being read a second time; and don't labor for the admiration of the crowd, but be content with a few choice readers."

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"The secret of all good writing is sound judgment."

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"One gains universal applause who mingles the useful with the agreeable, at once delighting and instructing the reader."

Horace on writers and writing   

"Good sense is both the first principal and the parent source of good writing."

Horace on writers and writing   

"Let your literary compositions be kept from the public eye for nine years."

Horace on writers and writing
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"Youth is unduly busy with pampering the outer person."

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"What do sad complaints avail if the offense is not cut down by punishment."

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"Let your character be kept up the very end, just as it began, and so be consistent."

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"Live as brave men and face adversity with stout hearts."

Horace on courage   

"The human race afraid of nothing, rushes on through every crime."

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"We are often deterred from crime by the disgrace of others."

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"Pale death with an impartial foot knocks at the hovels of the poor and the palaces of king."

Horace on death   

"I shall not wholly die, and a great part of me will escape the grave."

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"Sweet and glorious it is to die for our country. "

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"The poets aim is either to profit or to please, or to blend in one the delightful and the useful. Whatever the lesson you would convey, be brief, that your hearers may catch quickly what is said and faithfully retain it. Every superfluous word is spilled from the too-full memory. "

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"Carpe diem quam minimum credula postero "

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"Carpe diem quam minimum credula postero "

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