1,095 Quotes by Horace

It is not enough that poetry is agreeable, it should also be interesting.

By wine eating cares are put to flight. [Lat., Vino diffugiunt mordaces curae.]

What odds does it make to the man who lives within Nature's bounds, whether he ploughs a hundred acres or a thousand?

There is nothing assured to mortals.

Noble descent and worth, unless united with wealth, are esteemed no more than seaweed.

A stomach that is seldom empty despises common food. [Lat., Jejunus raro stomachus vulgaria temnit.]

Patience makes lighter / What sorrow may not heal. ("sed levius fit patientia quidquid corrigere est nefas")

When your throat is parched with thirst, do you desire a cup of gold?

It is difficult to administer properly what belongs to all in common.