In labouring to be concise, I become obscure.

Quote by Horace

Topics: Brevity Quotes

We are just statistics, born to consume resources.

We are just statistics, born to consume resources.

Life grants nothing to us mortals without hard work.

Life grants nothing to us mortals without hard work.

Mediocrity is not allowed to poets, either by the gods or man

Mediocrity is not allowed to poets, either by the gods or man

Subdue your passion or it will subdue you.

Subdue your passion or it will subdue you.

Carpe diem! Rejoice while you are alive; enjoy the day; live life to the fullest;...

Carpe diem! Rejoice while you are alive; enjoy the day; live life to the fullest;...

Acquittal of the guilty damns the judge.

Acquittal of the guilty damns the judge.

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...

Clogged with yesterday's excess, the body drags the mind down with it.

Clogged with yesterday's excess, the body drags the mind down with it.

You must avoid sloth, that wicked siren.

You must avoid sloth, that wicked siren.

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

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

He is armed without who is innocent within, be this thy screen, and this thy...

He is armed without who is innocent within, be this thy screen, and this thy...

Fortune makes a fool of those she favors too much.

Fortune makes a fool of those she favors too much.

He possesses dominion over himself, and is happy, who can every day say, I have...

He possesses dominion over himself, and is happy, who can every day say, I have...

While fools shun one set of faults they run into the opposite one.

While fools shun one set of faults they run into the opposite one.

He who would begun has half done. Dare to be wise; begin.

He who would begun has half done. Dare to be wise; begin.

Anger is a brief madness.

Anger is a brief madness.

The pen is the tongue of the mind.

The pen is the tongue of the mind.

Men cease to think when they think they know it all.

Men cease to think when they think they know it all.

Some people think that if they change the names of things, the things themselves will...

Some people think that if they change the names of things, the things themselves will...

I think therefore I exist.

I think therefore I exist.