1,095 Quotes by Horace

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

As we speak cruel time is fleeing. Seize the day, believing as little as possible in tomorrow.

Whatever you teach, be brief; what is quickly said, the mind readily receives and faithfully retains, everything superfluous runs over as from a full vessel.

He despises what he sought; and he seeks that which he lately threw away. [Lat., Quod petit spernit, repetit quod nuper omisit.]

The illustration which solves one difficulty by raising another, settles nothing. [Lat., Nil agit exemplum, litem quod lite resolvit.]

Carpe diem! Rejoice while you are alive; enjoy the day; live life to the fullest; make the most of what you have. It is later than you think.

Do you hear, or does some fond illusion mock me?

Poets wish to profit or to please.

The good hate sin because they love virtue. [Lat., Oderunt peccare boni virtutis amore.]