You [the people] are a many-headed beast.

Quote by Horace

Topics: People Quotes

Carpe diem! Rejoice while you are alive; enjoy the day; live life to the fullest;...

Carpe diem! Rejoice while you are alive; enjoy the day; live life to the fullest;...

Whatever advice you give, be short.

Whatever advice you give, be short.

A word, once sent abroad, flies irrevocably.

A word, once sent abroad, flies irrevocably.

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...

He has the deed half done who has made a beginning.

He has the deed half done who has made a beginning.

Anger is a brief madness.

Anger is a brief madness.

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

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

Whoever cultivates the golden mean avoids both the poverty of a hovel and the envy...

Whoever cultivates the golden mean avoids both the poverty of a hovel and the envy...

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

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

The pen is the tongue of the mind.

The pen is the tongue of the mind.

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.

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.

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...

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...

Mistakes are their own instructors

Mistakes are their own instructors

Anger is a momentary madness, so control your passion or it will control you.

Anger is a momentary madness, so control your passion or it will control you.

Poets wish to profit or to please.

Poets wish to profit or to please.

I strive to be brief but I become obscure.

I strive to be brief but I become obscure.

A word once uttered can never be recalled.

A word once uttered can never be recalled.

Though you drive Nature out with a pitchfork, she will still find her way back.

Though you drive Nature out with a pitchfork, she will still find her way back.