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

Quote by Horace

Topics: Horace Quotes

He tosses aside his paint-pots and his words a foot and a half long.

He tosses aside his paint-pots and his words a foot and a half long.

Anger is a brief madness.

Anger is a brief madness.

Sad people dislike the happy, and the happy the sad; the quick thinking the sedate,...

Sad people dislike the happy, and the happy the sad; the quick thinking the sedate,...

The man is either mad, or he is making verses.

The man is either mad, or he is making verses.

Fidelity is the sister of justice.

Fidelity is the sister of justice.

True friends appear less mov'd than counterfeit; As men that grieve at funerals are not...

True friends appear less mov'd than counterfeit; As men that grieve at funerals are not...

It is the false shame of fools to try to conceal wounds that have not...

It is the false shame of fools to try to conceal wounds that have not...

A picture is a poem without words.

A picture is a poem without words.

Few cross the river of time and are able to reach non-being. Most of them...

Few cross the river of time and are able to reach non-being. Most of them...

It's a good thing to be foolishly gay once in a while.

It's a good thing to be foolishly gay once in a while.

Whatever your advice, make it brief

Whatever your advice, make it brief

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

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

A host is like a general: calamities often reveal his genius.

A host is like a general: calamities often reveal his genius.

Wisdom at times is found in folly

Wisdom at times is found in folly

It is courage, courage, courage, that raises the blood of life to crimson splendor. Live...

It is courage, courage, courage, that raises the blood of life to crimson splendor. Live...

This is a fault common to all singers, that among their friends they will never...

This is a fault common to all singers, that among their friends they will never...

Money is a handmaiden if thou knowest how to use it; a mistress if thou...

Money is a handmaiden if thou knowest how to use it; a mistress if thou...

Acquittal of the guilty damns the judge.

Acquittal of the guilty damns the judge.

The jury has a right to judge both the law as well as the fact...

The jury has a right to judge both the law as well as the fact...

I miss being a kid. No one cared how you dressed, we were all friends,...

I miss being a kid. No one cared how you dressed, we were all friends,...