You must often make erasures if you mean to write what is worthy of being read a second time; and don't labor for the admiration of the crowd, but be content with a few choice readers.

Quote by Horace

Topics: Writing Quotes

Knowledge without education is but armed injustice.

Knowledge without education is but armed injustice.

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,...

Anger is a brief madness.

Anger is a brief madness.

Men cease to think when they think they know it all.

Men cease to think when they think they know it all.

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...

Your own safety is at stake when your neighbor's wall is ablaze.

Your own safety is at stake when your neighbor's wall is ablaze.

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

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

Mingle some brief folly with your wisdom.

Mingle some brief folly with your wisdom.

Words will not fail when the matter is well considered.

Words will not fail when the matter is well considered.

If a man's fortune does not fit him, it is like the shoe in the...

If a man's fortune does not fit him, it is like the shoe in the...

Wisdom at times is found in folly

Wisdom at times is found in folly

Nothing is swifter than rumor.

Nothing is swifter than rumor.

For it is your business, when the wall next door catches fire.

For it is your business, when the wall next door catches fire.

We are free to yield to truth.

We are free to yield to truth.

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

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

He gains everyone's approval who mixes the pleasant with the useful.

He gains everyone's approval who mixes the pleasant with the useful.

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,...

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...

Labor diligently to increase your property.

Labor diligently to increase your property.

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...