The age of our fathers, which was worse than that of our ancestors, produced us, who are about to raise a progeny even more vicious than ourselves.

Quote by Horace

Topics: Age Quotes, Funny Quotes

Money is a handmaiden if thou knowest how to use it; a mistress if thou...

Money is a handmaiden if thou knowest how to use it; a mistress if thou...

Anger is a brief madness.

Anger is a brief madness.

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...

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,...

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,...

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,...

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...

The one who cannot restrain their anger will wish undone, what their temper and irritation...

The one who cannot restrain their anger will wish undone, what their temper and irritation...

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...

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.

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...

It is a sweet and seemly thing to die for one's country.

It is a sweet and seemly thing to die for one's country.

A good and faithful judge ever prefers the honorable to the expedient.

A good and faithful judge ever prefers the honorable to the expedient.

The power of daring anything their fancy suggest, as always been conceded to the painter...

The power of daring anything their fancy suggest, as always been conceded to the painter...

Acquittal of the guilty damns the judge.

Acquittal of the guilty damns the judge.

Whatever advice you give, be short.

Whatever advice you give, be short.

Time will bring to light whatever is hidden; it will cover up and conceal what...

Time will bring to light whatever is hidden; it will cover up and conceal what...

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

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

Ridicule is the tribute paid to the genius by the mediocrities.

Ridicule is the tribute paid to the genius by the mediocrities.

Highly developed spirits often encounter resistance from mediocre minds.

Highly developed spirits often encounter resistance from mediocre minds.