Whatever advice you give, be short.

Quote by Horace

Topics: Advice Quotes, Brevity Quotes

Nothing is swifter than rumor.

Nothing is swifter than rumor.

Don't think, just do.

Don't think, just do.

Poets wish to profit or to please.

Poets wish to profit or to please.

Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents, which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant.

Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents, which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant.

Who then is free? The wise man who can command himself.

Who then is free? The wise man who can command himself.

Avoid inquisitive persons, for they are sure to be gossips, their ears are open to...

Avoid inquisitive persons, for they are sure to be gossips, their ears are open to...

To have a great man for a friend seems pleasant to those who have never...

To have a great man for a friend seems pleasant to those who have never...

Pale Death beats equally at the poor man's gate and at the palaces of kings.

Pale Death beats equally at the poor man's gate and at the palaces of kings.

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...

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.

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

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

Labor diligently to increase your property.

Labor diligently to increase your property.

Strange - is it not? That of the myriads who Before us passed the door...

Strange - is it not? That of the myriads who Before us passed the door...

Nothing's beautiful from every point of view.

Nothing's beautiful from every point of view.

Let your literary compositions be kept from the public eye for nine years at least.

Let your literary compositions be kept from the public eye for nine years at least.

A word once uttered can never be recalled.

A word once uttered can never be recalled.

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

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

It is the false shame of fools to try to conceal wounds that have not...

It is the false shame of fools to try to conceal wounds that have not...

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

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

He has not lived badly whose birth and death has been unnoticed by the world.

He has not lived badly whose birth and death has been unnoticed by the world.