“Cease to admire the smoke, wealth, and noise of prosperous Rome.”
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Famous Horace Quotes
“Noble descent and worth, unless united with wealth, are esteemed no more than seaweed.”
“Increasing wealth is attended by care and by the desire of greater increase.”
“He wears himself out by his labours, and grows old through his love of possessing wealth.”
“The gods have given you wealth and the means of enjoying it.”
“Wealth increaseth, but a nameless something is ever wanting to our insufficient fortune.”
“The accumulation of wealth is followed by an increase of care, and by an appetite for more.”
“High descent and meritorious deeds, unless united to wealth, are as useless as seaweed.”
“O citizens, first acquire wealth; you can practice virtue afterward.”
“If it is well with your belly, chest and feet - the wealth of kings can't give you more.”
“A pauper in the midst of wealth.”
Source: Horace for English Readers: Being a Translation of the Poems of Quintus Horatius Flaccus Into English Prose
“Care clings to wealth: the thirst for more Grows as our fortunes grow.”
Source: Complete Works
Source: The Complete Works of Horace