1,095 Quotes by Horace

My liver swells with bile difficult to repress.

The gods my protectors. [Lat., Di me tuentur.]

He who would begun has half done. Dare to be wise; begin.

Despise not sweet inviting love-making nor the merry dance.

In the midst of hopes and cares, of apprehensions and of disquietude, regard every day that dawns upon you as if it was to be your last; then super-added hours, to the enjoyment of which you had not looked forward, will prove an acceptable boon.

The shame of fools conceals their open wounds. [Lat., Stultorum incurata malus pudor ulcera celat.]

No one is born without vices, and he is the best man who is encumbered with the least.

Dispel the cold, bounteously replenishing the hearth with logs.

Nor does Apollo keep his bow continually drawn. [Lat., Neque semper arcum Tendit Apollo.]