1,095 Quotes by Horace

Either stick to tradition or see that your inventions be consistent.

Who knows if the gods above will add tomorrow’s span to this day’s sum?

Captive Greece took captive her savage conquerer and brought the arts to rustic Latium.

Let hopes and sorrows, fears and angers be, And think each day that dawns the last you’ll see; For so the hour that greets you unforeseen Will bring with it enjoyment twice as keen.

A person will gain everyone’s approval if he mixes the pleasant with the useful.

I had rather seem mad and a sluggard, so that my defects are agreeable to myself, or that I am not pinfully conscious of them, than be wise, and chaptious.

Capture your reader, let him not depart, from dull beginnings that refuse to start.

She – philosophy is equally helpful to the rich and poor: neglect her, and she equally harms the young and old.

Don't think, just do.