1,095 Quotes by Horace

Ira furor brevis est: animum rege: qui nisi paret imperat.(Anger is a brief madness: govern your mind [temper], for unless it obeys it commands.)

He who postpones the hour of living rightly is like the rustic who waits for the river to run out before he crosses.

Quidquid praecipies, esto brevis.(Whatever advice you give, be brief.)

Saepa stilum vertas, iterum quae digna legi sint scripturas. (Turn the stylus [to erase] often if you would write something worthy of being reread.)

Natales grate numeras?(Do you count your birthdays with gratitude?)

Captive Greece captured her rude conqueror

Graecia capta ferum victorem cepit.

Et si male nunc, non olim sic erit" "Though things are bad now, they will not always be so

An Widerständen zeigt sich das Genie des Generals, Glück verhüllt es.