1,095 Quotes by Horace

Only a stomach that rarely feels hungry scorns common things.

The man of upright life, unstained by guilt

Blind self-love, vanity, lifting aloft her empty head, and indiscretion, prodigal of secrets more transparent than glass, follow close behind.

Sport begets tumultuous strife and wrath, and wrath begets fierce quarrels and war to the death.

Money, make money; by honest means if you can; if not, by any means make money. [Lat., Rem facias rem, Recte si possis, si non, quocumque modo rem.]

Faults are committed within the walls of Troy and also without. [There is fault on both sides.]

The shame is not in having sported, but in not having broken off the sport. [Lat., Nec luisse pudet, sed non incidere ludum.]

Let those who drink not, but austerely dine, dry up in law; the Muses smell of wine.

To have begun is half the job; be bold and be sensible.