Subdue your passion or it will subdue you

Quote by Horace

Topics: Passion Quotes

Mistakes are their own instructors

Mistakes are their own instructors

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...

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

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

Whatever your advice, make it brief

Whatever your advice, make it brief

This is a fault common to all singers, that among their friends they will never...

This is a fault common to all singers, that among their friends they will never...

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.

A picture is a poem without words.

A picture is a poem without words.

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

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

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 is greedy is always in want.

He who is greedy is always in want.

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...

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

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

Why do you hasten to remove anything which hurts your eye, while if something affects...

Why do you hasten to remove anything which hurts your eye, while if something affects...

A shoe that is too large is apt to trip one, and when too small,...

A shoe that is too large is apt to trip one, and when too small,...

In labouring to be concise, I become obscure.

In labouring to be concise, I become obscure.

I strive to be brief but I become obscure.

I strive to be brief but I become obscure.

Nothing is swifter than rumor.

Nothing is swifter than rumor.

Rumor is a tumor to plague the healthy growth of the body of the civilized...

Rumor is a tumor to plague the healthy growth of the body of the civilized...

Nobody believes a rumor here in Washington until it's officially denied.

Nobody believes a rumor here in Washington until it's officially denied.

Rumor is not always wrong

Rumor is not always wrong