Adversity reveals genius, prosperity conceals it.

Quote by Horace

Topics: Adversity Quotes, Genius Quotes

Only a stomach that rarely feels hungry scorns common things.

Only a stomach that rarely feels hungry scorns common things.

Undeservedly you will atone for the sins of your fathers.

Undeservedly you will atone for the sins of your fathers.

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,...

It is of no consequence of what parents a man is born, as long as...

It is of no consequence of what parents a man is born, as long as...

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.

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.

Poets wish to profit or to please.

Poets wish to profit or to please.

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.

Knowledge without education is but armed injustice.

Knowledge without education is but armed injustice.

Words will not fail when the matter is well considered.

Words will not fail when the matter is well considered.

Wisdom at times is found in folly

Wisdom at times is found in folly

Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori - It is a sweet and becoming thing...

Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori - It is a sweet and becoming thing...

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...

Your own safety is at stake when your neighbor's wall is ablaze.

Your own safety is at stake when your neighbor's wall is ablaze.

You must avoid sloth, that wicked siren.

You must avoid sloth, that wicked siren.

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...

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...

Life is largely a matter of expectation.

Life is largely a matter of expectation.

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...

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.