Mingle some brief folly with your wisdom.

Quote by Horace

Topics: Wisdom Quotes

Mistakes are their own instructors

Mistakes are their own instructors

He gains everyone's approval who mixes the pleasant with the useful.

He gains everyone's approval who mixes the pleasant with the useful.

Few cross the river of time and are able to reach non-being. Most of them...

Few cross the river of time and are able to reach non-being. Most of them...

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...

Undeservedly you will atone for the sins of your fathers.

Undeservedly you will atone for the sins of your fathers.

Though you drive Nature out with a pitchfork, she will still find her way back.

Though you drive Nature out with a pitchfork, she will still find her way back.

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.

Whoever cultivates the golden mean avoids both the poverty of a hovel and the envy...

Whoever cultivates the golden mean avoids both the poverty of a hovel and the envy...

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...

As crazy as hauling timber into the woods.

As crazy as hauling timber into the woods.

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...

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...

Anger is a brief madness.

Anger is a brief madness.

I strive to be brief but I become obscure.

I strive to be brief but I become obscure.

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,...

Lawyers are men who hire out their words and anger.

Lawyers are men who hire out their words and anger.

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.

Seize the day, put no trust in the morrow

Seize the day, put no trust in the morrow

There are moments, you reach moments, when all of a sudden time stops and becomes...

There are moments, you reach moments, when all of a sudden time stops and becomes...

Time is like a handful of sand- the tighter you grasp it, the faster it...

Time is like a handful of sand- the tighter you grasp it, the faster it...