The foolish are like ripples on water, For whatsoever they do is quickly effaced; But the righteous are like carvings upon stone, For their smallest act is durable.

Quote by Horace

Topics: Foolishness Quotes

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.

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

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

No man ever reached to excellence in any one art or profession without having passed...

No man ever reached to excellence in any one art or profession without having passed...

I strive to be brief but I become obscure.

I strive to be brief but I become obscure.

Lawyers are men who hire out their words and anger.

Lawyers are men who hire out their words and anger.

Refrain from asking what going to happen tomorrow, and everyday that fortune grants you, count...

Refrain from asking what going to happen tomorrow, and everyday that fortune grants you, count...

Anger is a brief madness.

Anger is a brief madness.

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

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

I hate the irreverent rabble and keep them far from me.

I hate the irreverent rabble and keep them far from me.

What we learn only through the ears makes less impression upon our minds than what...

What we learn only through the ears makes less impression upon our minds than what...

Make a good use of the present.

Make a good use of the present.

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...

Whatever advice you give, be short.

Whatever advice you give, be short.

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

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

He's happy who, far away from business, like the races of men of old, tills...

He's happy who, far away from business, like the races of men of old, tills...

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...

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.

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

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

Anger is a short madness.

Anger is a short madness.

Life is largely a matter of expectation.

Life is largely a matter of expectation.