1,095 Quotes by Horace

Be prepared to go mad with fixed rule and method.

He that has given today may, if he so please, take away tomorrow.

However rich or elevated, a name less something is always wanting to our imperfect fortune.

Let every man find pleasure in practising the profession he has learnt.

Vain was the chief's, the sage's pride! They had no poet, and they died

I have erected amonument more lasting than bronze.

Knowledge is the foundation and source of good writing. [Lat., Scibendi recte sapere est et principium et fons.]

All else-valor, a good name, glory, everything in heaven and earth-is secondary to the charm of riches.

One night is awaiting us all, and the way of death must be trodden once. [Lat., Omnes una manet nox, Et calcanda semel via leti.]