Whatever your advice, make it brief

Quote by Horace

Topics: Advice Quotes

Whatever advice you give, be short.

Whatever advice you give, be short.

We are free to yield to truth.

We are free to yield to truth.

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...

In labouring to be concise, I become obscure.

In labouring to be concise, I become obscure.

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

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

Anger is a brief madness.

Anger is a brief madness.

A portion of mankind take pride in their vices and pursue their purpose; many more...

A portion of mankind take pride in their vices and pursue their purpose; many more...

Strange - is it not? That of the myriads who Before us passed the door...

Strange - is it not? That of the myriads who Before us passed the door...

Whatever your advice, make it brief.

Whatever your advice, make it brief.

Though you drive Nature out with a pitchfork, she will still find her way back.

Though you drive Nature out with a pitchfork, she will still find her way back.

Every old poem is sacred.

Every old poem is sacred.

He has not lived badly whose birth and death has been unnoticed by the world.

He has not lived badly whose birth and death has been unnoticed by the world.

A good scare is worth more than good advice.

A good scare is worth more than good advice.

Instead of forming new words I recommend to you any kind of artful management by...

Instead of forming new words I recommend to you any kind of artful management by...

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 no great art to say something briefly when, like Tacitus, one has something...

It is no great art to say something briefly when, like Tacitus, one has something...

Mountains will go into labour, and a silly little mouse will be born.

Mountains will go into labour, and a silly little mouse will be born.

In adversity remember to keep an even mind.

In adversity remember to keep an even mind.

Life grants nothing to us mortals without hard work.

Life grants nothing to us mortals without hard work.

Pale death, with impartial step, knocks at the hut of the poor and the towers...

Pale death, with impartial step, knocks at the hut of the poor and the towers...