He tosses aside his paint-pots and his words a foot and a half long.

Quote by Horace

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Let your literary compositions be kept from the public eye for nine years at least.

Let your literary compositions be kept from the public eye for nine years at least.

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.

A picture is a poem without words.

A picture is a poem without words.

Begin, be bold and venture to be wise.

Begin, be bold and venture to be wise.

Nature is not cruel, pitilessly, indifferent. This is one of the hardest lessons for humans...

Nature is not cruel, pitilessly, indifferent. This is one of the hardest lessons for humans...

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...

Great thoughts speak only to the thoughtful mind, but great actions speak to all mankind.

Great thoughts speak only to the thoughtful mind, but great actions speak to all mankind.

I teach that all men are mad.

I teach that all men are mad.

Anger is a short madness.

Anger is a short madness.

The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes.

The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes.

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,...

I don't think we're in Kansas anymore

I don't think we're in Kansas anymore

The disgrace of others often keeps tender minds from vice.

The disgrace of others often keeps tender minds from vice.

Gloriously false, a maid famous for all time.

Gloriously false, a maid famous for all time.

Undeservedly you will atone for the sins of your fathers.

Undeservedly you will atone for the sins of your fathers.

Make a good use of the present.

Make a good use of the present.

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...

What is called a high standard of living consists, in considerable measure, in arrangements for...

What is called a high standard of living consists, in considerable measure, in arrangements for...

If we had no faults of our own, we would not take so much pleasure...

If we had no faults of our own, we would not take so much pleasure...

The most delightful pleasures cloy without variety

The most delightful pleasures cloy without variety