“The man is either mad or his is making verses. [Lat., Aut insanit homo, aut versus facit.]” Quote by Horace
“The common people are but ill judges of a man's merits; they are slaves to fame, and their eyes are dazzled with the pomp of titles and large retinue. No wonder, then, that they bestow their honors on those who least deserve them.” PeopleMenEyeCommonWonderJudgingHonorFameDeserveSlaveIllTitlesMeritPopularity Author:Horace
“What does not wasting time change! The age of our parents, worse than that of our grandsires, has brought us forth more impious still, and we shall produce a more vicious progeny.” DoeStillsAgeParentProduceWasting TimeViciousPosterityProgenyNot Wasting Time Author:Horace
“He is not poor who has the use of necessary things. [Lat., Pauper enim non est cui rerum suppetet usus.]” UsePoorPovertyNecessary Things Author:Horace
“The man who has lost his purse will go wherever you wish. [Lat., Ibit eo quo vis qui zonam perdidit.]” MenLostWishPovertyHe ManPurses Author:Horace
“Be brief, that the mind may catch thy precepts, and the more easily retain them.” MindMay Author:Horace
“Abridge your hopes in proportion to the shortness of the span of human life; for while we converse, the hours, as if envious of our pleasure, fly away: enjoy, therefore, the present time, and trust not too much to what to-morrow may produce.” IfsHumansMayEnjoyHoursPleasureToo MuchProduceHuman LifeProportionEnviousMorrowConversesPresent TimeFly AwayShortness Author:Horace
“Busy not yourself in looking forward to the events of to-morrow; but whatever may be those of the days Providence may yet assign you neglect not to turn them to advantage.” MayTurnsEventsAdvantageBusyNeglectProvidenceLooking ForwardMorrow Author:Horace
“Shun to seek what is hid in the womb of the morrow, and set down as gain in life's ledger whatever time fate shall have granted thee.” FateGainsGrantedTheeWombMorrow Author:Horace
“Whatever things injure your eye you are anxious to remove; but things which affect your mind you defer.” MindEyeRemoveAnxiousProcrastination Author:Horace
“I hate the uncultivated crowd and keep them at a distance. Favour me by your tongues (keep silence). [Lat., Odi profanum vulgus et arceo. Favete linguis.]” HateSilenceI HateDistanceCrowdsTongueFavour Author:Horace
