Pale Death beats equally at the poor man's gate and at the palaces of kings.

Quote by Horace

Topics: Horace Quotes

Lawyers are men who hire out their words and anger.

Lawyers are men who hire out their words and anger.

He has not lived badly whose birth and death has been unnoticed by the world.

He has not lived badly whose birth and death has been unnoticed by the world.

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...

I never think at all when I write. Nobody can do two things at the...

I never think at all when I write. Nobody can do two things at the...

If matters go badly now, they will not always be so.

If matters go badly now, they will not always be so.

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...

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...

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;...

You must avoid sloth, that wicked siren.

You must avoid sloth, that wicked siren.

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.

Remember when life's path is steep to keep your mind even.

Remember when life's path is steep to keep your mind even.

The envious man grows lean at the success of his neighbor.

The envious man grows lean at the success of his neighbor.

The musician who always plays on the same string is laughed at

The musician who always plays on the same string is laughed at

Poets wish to profit or to please.

Poets wish to profit or to please.

He has the deed half done who has made a beginning.

He has the deed half done who has made a beginning.

As crazy as hauling timber into the woods.

As crazy as hauling timber into the woods.

I don't think we're in Kansas anymore

I don't think we're in Kansas anymore

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

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

Subdue your passion or it will subdue you.

Subdue your passion or it will subdue you.

It is when I struggle to be brief that I become obscure.

It is when I struggle to be brief that I become obscure.