In labouring to be concise, I become obscure.

Quote by Horace

Topics: Brevity Quotes

If you would have me weep, you must first of all feel grief yourself.

If you would have me weep, you must first of all feel grief yourself.

Anger is a momentary madness, so control your passion or it will control you.

Anger is a momentary madness, so control your passion or it will control you.

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...

Cease to inquire what the future has in store, and take as a gift whatever...

Cease to inquire what the future has in store, and take as a gift whatever...

Great effort is required to arrest decay and restore vigor. One must exercise proper deliberation,...

Great effort is required to arrest decay and restore vigor. One must exercise proper deliberation,...

When nature made you, they broke the mold - rumor has it they beat the...

When nature made you, they broke the mold - rumor has it they beat the...

Why do you hasten to remove anything which hurts your eye, while if something affects...

Why do you hasten to remove anything which hurts your eye, while if something affects...

Choose a subject equal to your abilities; think carefully what your shoulders may refuse, and...

Choose a subject equal to your abilities; think carefully what your shoulders may refuse, and...

Whatever your advice, make it brief

Whatever your advice, make it brief

You traverse the world in search of happiness, which is within the reach of every...

You traverse the world in search of happiness, which is within the reach of every...

The disgrace of others often keeps tender minds from vice.

The disgrace of others often keeps tender minds from vice.

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

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

Once a word has been allowed to escape, it cannot be recalled.

Once a word has been allowed to escape, it cannot be recalled.

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.

Labor diligently to increase your property.

Labor diligently to increase your property.

A picture is a poem without words.

A picture is a poem without words.

Hired mourners at a funeral say and do - A little more than they whose...

Hired mourners at a funeral say and do - A little more than they whose...

Great grief does not of itself put an end to itself.

Great grief does not of itself put an end to itself.

Poetry is about the grief. Politics is about the grievance.

Poetry is about the grief. Politics is about the grievance.