Hired mourners at a funeral say and do - A little more than they whose grief is true

Quote by Horace

Topics: Grief Quotes

Seize the day, put no trust in the morrow

Seize the day, put no trust in the morrow

It is when I struggle to be brief that I become obscure.

It is when I struggle to be brief that I become obscure.

The covetous man is ever in want.

The covetous man is ever in want.

He possesses dominion over himself, and is happy, who can every day say, I have...

He possesses dominion over himself, and is happy, who can every day say, I have...

Subdue your passion or it will subdue you

Subdue your passion or it will subdue you

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.

The disgrace of others often keeps tender minds from vice.

The disgrace of others often keeps tender minds from vice.

You [the people] are a many-headed beast.

You [the people] are a many-headed beast.

The pen is the tongue of the mind.

The pen is the tongue of the mind.

No verse can give pleasure for long, nor last, that is written by drinkers of...

No verse can give pleasure for long, nor last, that is written by drinkers of...

It is your concern when your neighbor's wall is on fire.

It is your concern when your neighbor's wall is on fire.

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

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

Life is largely a matter of expectation.

Life is largely a matter of expectation.

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...

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,...

One wanders to the left, another to the right. Both are equally in error, but,...

One wanders to the left, another to the right. Both are equally in error, but,...

It is your concern when your neighbor's wall is on fire.

It is your concern when your neighbor's wall is on fire.

To have a great man for a friend seems pleasant to those who have never...

To have a great man for a friend seems pleasant to those who have never...

Subdue your passion or it will subdue you.

Subdue your passion or it will subdue you.

Refrain from asking what going to happen tomorrow, and everyday that fortune grants you, count...

Refrain from asking what going to happen tomorrow, and everyday that fortune grants you, count...