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Famous Horace Quotes
“The mountains are in labour, the birth will be an absurd little mouse.”
Source: Horace in English
“Little folks become their little fate.”
Source: A Poetical Translation of the Works of Horace: With Notes Collected from His Best Latin and French Commentators
“Seize the day, trusting as little as possible in the future.”
“As we speak cruel time is fleeing. Seize the day, believing as little as possible in tomorrow.”
“Seize today and put as little trust as you can in tomorrow.”
“Mix a little foolishness with your serious plans. It is lovely to be silly at the right moment.”
“How great, my friends, is the virtue of living upon a little!”
“He will always be a slave who does not know how to live upon a little.”
“Mountains will go into labour, and a silly little mouse will be born.”
“Hired mourners at a funeral say and do - A little more than they whose grief is true”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Horace (Illustrated)