I teach that all men are mad.

Quote by Horace

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Get money first; virtue comes later.

Get money first; virtue comes later.

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...

Knowledge without education is but armed injustice.

Knowledge without education is but armed injustice.

Adversity reveals genius, prosperity conceals it.

Adversity reveals genius, prosperity conceals it.

Why harass with eternal purposes a mind to weak to grasp them?

Why harass with eternal purposes a mind to weak to grasp them?

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...

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.

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,...

True friends appear less mov'd than counterfeit; As men that grieve at funerals are not...

True friends appear less mov'd than counterfeit; As men that grieve at funerals are not...

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.

As crazy as hauling timber into the woods.

As crazy as hauling timber into the woods.

The pen is the tongue of the mind.

The pen is the tongue of the mind.

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.

In labouring to be concise, I become obscure.

In labouring to be concise, I become obscure.

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...

You must avoid sloth, that wicked siren.

You must avoid sloth, that wicked siren.

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

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

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...

People say I give the best head, and they're not always talking about sex.

People say I give the best head, and they're not always talking about sex.

The most important thing for poets to do is to write as little as possible.

The most important thing for poets to do is to write as little as possible.