1,095 Quotes by Horace

No one is content with his own lot.

Your own safety is at stake when your neighbor's wall is ablaze.

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

Let your character be kept up the very end, just as it began, and so be consistent.

Mingle a little folly with your wisdom; a little nonsense now and then is pleasant. [Lat., Misce stultitiam consiliis brevem: Dulce est desipere in loco.

Whenever monarchs err, the people are punished. [Lat., Quidquid delirant reges, plectuntur Achivi.]

Now is the time for drinking; now the time to beat the earth with unfettered foot.

All singers have this fault: if asked to sing among friends they are never so inclined; if unasked, they never leave off.

A pauper in the midst of wealth.