Hired mourners at a funeral say and do - A little more than they whose grief is true

Quote by Horace

Topics: Grief Quotes

A word once uttered can never be recalled.

A word once uttered can never be recalled.

In labouring to be concise, I become obscure.

In labouring to be concise, I become obscure.

Begin, be bold and venture to be wise.

Begin, be bold and venture to be wise.

For it is your business, when the wall next door catches fire.

For it is your business, when the wall next door catches fire.

Wisdom is not wisdom when it is derived from books alone.

Wisdom is not wisdom when it is derived from books alone.

I never think at all when I write. Nobody can do two things at the...

I never think at all when I write. Nobody can do two things at the...

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's a good thing to be foolishly gay once in a while.

It's a good thing to be foolishly gay once in a while.

I hate the irreverent rabble and keep them far from me.

I hate the irreverent rabble and keep them far from me.

The lofty pine is oftenest shaken by the winds; High towers fall with a heavier...

The lofty pine is oftenest shaken by the winds; High towers fall with a heavier...

The disgrace of others often keeps tender minds from vice.

The disgrace of others often keeps tender minds from vice.

I strive to be brief but I become obscure.

I strive to be brief but I become obscure.

Mingle some brief folly with your wisdom.

Mingle some brief folly with your wisdom.

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,...

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...

Fidelity is the sister of justice.

Fidelity is the sister of justice.

We are free to yield to truth.

We are free to yield to truth.

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...

Happy is he who causes a scandal

Happy is he who causes a scandal

If happiness is activity in accordance with excellence, it is reasonable that it should be...

If happiness is activity in accordance with excellence, it is reasonable that it should be...