Mingle some brief folly with your wisdom.

Quote by Horace

Topics: Foolishness Quotes, Wisdom Quotes

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.

Subdue your passion or it will subdue you.

Subdue your passion or it will subdue you.

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.

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...

Virtue, dear friend, needs no defense, The surest guard is innocence: None knew, till guilt...

Virtue, dear friend, needs no defense, The surest guard is innocence: None knew, till guilt...

It is of no consequence of what parents a man is born, as long as...

It is of no consequence of what parents a man is born, as long as...

Subdue your passion or it will subdue you

Subdue your passion or it will subdue you

You must avoid sloth, that wicked siren.

You must avoid sloth, that wicked siren.

He who is greedy is always in want.

He who is greedy is always in want.

I teach that all men are mad.

I teach that all men are mad.

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

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

The pen is the tongue of the mind.

The pen is the tongue of the mind.

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.

It is no great art to say something briefly when, like Tacitus, one has something...

It is no great art to say something briefly when, like Tacitus, one has something...

Nothing is swifter than rumor.

Nothing is swifter than rumor.

Gloriously false, a maid famous for all time.

Gloriously false, a maid famous for all time.

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...

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...

What we call mourning for our dead is perhaps not so much grief at not...

What we call mourning for our dead is perhaps not so much grief at not...

In my time of dyin', want nobody to moan All I want them to do...

In my time of dyin', want nobody to moan All I want them to do...