Horace Quotes

I never think at all when I write. Nobody can do two things at the same time and do them both well.
Horace

Time, Two, Same

I strive to be brief but I become obscure.
Horace

Become, Strive, Obscure

I teach that all men are mad.
Horace

Men, Mad, Teach

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

If you would have me weep, you must first of all feel grief yourself.
Horace

Yourself, Grief, Weep

In labouring to be concise, I become obscure.
Horace

Become, Obscure, Concise

It is a sweet and seemly thing to die for one's country.
Horace

Country, Die, Sweet

It is of no consequence of what parents a man is born, as long as he be a man of merit.
Horace

Parents, Long, Born

It is your business when the wall next door catches fire.
Horace

Business, Fire, Door

Labor diligently to increase your property.
Horace

Labor, Property, Increase

Lawyers are men who hire out their words and anger.
Horace

Men, Anger, Words

Make a good use of the present.
Horace

No poems can please for long or live that are written by water drinkers.
Horace

Poetry, Live, Long

No verse can give pleasure for long, nor last, that is written by drinkers of water.
Horace

Long, Give, Last

O imitators, you slavish herd!
Horace

Herd, Imitators, Slavish

Only a stomach that rarely feels hungry scorns common things.
Horace

Common, Hungry, Feels

Pale death, with impartial step, knocks at the hut of the poor and the towers of kings.
Horace

Death, Poor, Step

Poets wish to profit or to please.
Horace

Wish, Please, Poets

Subdue your passion or it will subdue you.
Horace

Passion, Subdue

The disgrace of others often keeps tender minds from vice.
Horace

Others, Often, Minds

The lofty pine is oftenest shaken by the winds; High towers fall with a heavier crash; And the lightning strikes the highest mountain.
Horace

High, Fall, Mountain

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

Mad, Making, Either

Time will bring to light whatever is hidden; it will cover up and conceal what is now shining in splendor.
Horace

Time, Light, Whatever

To have a great man for a friend seems pleasant to those who have never tried it; those who have, fear it.
Horace

Great, Fear, Friend

We are free to yield to truth.
Horace

Truth, Free, Yield

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Biography

Nationality: Roman

Type: Poet

Born: 65 BC

Died: 8 BC

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