As crazy as hauling timber into the woods.

Quote by Horace

Topics: Foolishness Quotes, Stupidity Quotes

Mingle some brief folly with your wisdom.

Mingle some brief folly with your wisdom.

You must avoid sloth, that wicked siren.

You must avoid sloth, that wicked siren.

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...

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 man is either mad, or he is making verses.

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

You must often make erasures if you mean to write what is worthy of being...

You must often make erasures if you mean to write what is worthy of being...

If a man's fortune does not fit him, it is like the shoe in the...

If a man's fortune does not fit him, it is like the shoe in the...

Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents, which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant.

Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents, which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant.

Who then is free? The wise who can command his passions, who fears not want,...

Who then is free? The wise who can command his passions, who fears not want,...

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.

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...

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.

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...

Nothing is swifter than rumor.

Nothing is swifter than rumor.

Seize the day, put no trust in the morrow

Seize the day, put no trust in the morrow

In labouring to be concise, I become obscure.

In labouring to be concise, I become obscure.

Avoid greatness; in a cottage there may be more real happiness than kings or their...

Avoid greatness; in a cottage there may be more real happiness than kings or their...

We are often deterred from crime by the disgrace of others.

We are often deterred from crime by the disgrace of others.

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

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

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...