He who postpones the hour of living is like the rustic who waits for the river to run out before he crosses.

Quote by Horace

Topics: Living Quotes

Whatever your advice, make it brief.

Whatever your advice, make it brief.

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

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

A word once uttered can never be recalled.

A word once uttered can never be recalled.

What we learn only through the ears makes less impression upon our minds than what...

What we learn only through the ears makes less impression upon our minds than what...

It is a sweet and seemly thing to die for one's country.

It is a sweet and seemly thing to die for one's country.

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...

Whatever your advice, make it brief

Whatever your advice, make it brief

Knowledge without education is but armed injustice.

Knowledge without education is but armed injustice.

Make a good use of the present.

Make a good use of the present.

A shoe that is too large is apt to trip one, and when too small,...

A shoe that is too large is apt to trip one, and when too small,...

Clogged with yesterday's excess, the body drags the mind down with it.

Clogged with yesterday's excess, the body drags the mind down with it.

The foolish are like ripples on water, For whatsoever they do is quickly effaced; But...

The foolish are like ripples on water, For whatsoever they do is quickly effaced; But...

Who then is free? The one who wisely is lord of themselves, who neither poverty,...

Who then is free? The one who wisely is lord of themselves, who neither poverty,...

Think to yourself that every day is your last

Think to yourself that every day is your last

Why do you hasten to remove anything which hurts your eye, while if something affects...

Why do you hasten to remove anything which hurts your eye, while if something affects...

Fortune makes a fool of those she favors too much.

Fortune makes a fool of those she favors too much.

Wisdom at times is found in folly

Wisdom at times is found in folly

It's the simple things in life that are the most extraordinary; only wise men are...

It's the simple things in life that are the most extraordinary; only wise men are...

Speak less. Say more. whaywardj

Speak less. Say more. whaywardj

I believe in getting into hot water. I think it keeps you clean.

I believe in getting into hot water. I think it keeps you clean.