Subdue your passion or it will subdue you

Quote by Horace

Topics: Passion Quotes

We are just statistics, born to consume resources.

We are just statistics, born to consume resources.

Only a stomach that rarely feels hungry scorns common things.

Only a stomach that rarely feels hungry scorns common things.

Acquittal of the guilty damns the judge.

Acquittal of the guilty damns the judge.

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...

Whatever your advice, make it brief

Whatever your advice, make it brief

Knowledge without education is but armed injustice.

Knowledge without education is but armed injustice.

We rarely find anyone who can say he has lived a happy life, and who,...

We rarely find anyone who can say he has lived a happy life, and who,...

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...

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.

A word, once sent abroad, flies irrevocably.

A word, once sent abroad, flies irrevocably.

We are free to yield to truth.

We are free to yield to truth.

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,...

Adversity reveals genius, prosperity conceals it.

Adversity reveals genius, prosperity conceals it.

It is your concern when your neighbor's wall is on fire.

It is your concern when your neighbor's wall is on fire.

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...

Nothing's beautiful from every point of view.

Nothing's beautiful from every point of view.

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...

One wanders to the left, another to the right. Both are equally in error, but,...

One wanders to the left, another to the right. Both are equally in error, but,...

The lofty pine is oftenest shaken by the winds; High towers fall with a heavier...

The lofty pine is oftenest shaken by the winds; High towers fall with a heavier...

I teach that all men are mad.

I teach that all men are mad.