The man is either mad, or he is making verses.

Quote by Horace

Topics: Horace Quotes

Great thoughts speak only to the thoughtful mind, but great actions speak to all mankind.

Great thoughts speak only to the thoughtful mind, but great actions speak to all mankind.

You must often make erasures if you mean to write what is worthy of being...

You must often make erasures if you mean to write what is worthy of being...

Happy he who far from business, like the primitive are of mortals, cultivates with his...

Happy he who far from business, like the primitive are of mortals, cultivates with his...

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...

You must avoid sloth, that wicked siren.

You must avoid sloth, that wicked siren.

In adversity remember to keep an even mind.

In adversity remember to keep an even mind.

Nature is not cruel, pitilessly, indifferent. This is one of the hardest lessons for humans...

Nature is not cruel, pitilessly, indifferent. This is one of the hardest lessons for humans...

Choose a subject equal to your abilities; think carefully what your shoulders may refuse, and...

Choose a subject equal to your abilities; think carefully what your shoulders may refuse, and...

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,...

A word, once sent abroad, flies irrevocably.

A word, once sent abroad, flies irrevocably.

Whatever your advice, make it brief.

Whatever your advice, make it brief.

Sad people dislike the happy, and the happy the sad; the quick thinking the sedate,...

Sad people dislike the happy, and the happy the sad; the quick thinking the sedate,...

Subdue your passion or it will subdue you

Subdue your passion or it will subdue you

I teach that all men are mad.

I teach that all men are mad.

Poets wish to profit or to please.

Poets wish to profit or to please.

Make money, money by fair means if you can, if not, but any means money.

Make money, money by fair means if you can, if not, but any means money.

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

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

In labouring to be concise, I become obscure.

In labouring to be concise, I become obscure.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Brevity is the soul of lingerie.

Brevity is the soul of lingerie.