1,095 Quotes by Horace

Good sense is both the first principal and the parent source of good writing.

Nothing is so difficult but that man will accomplish it.

A jest often decides matters of importance more effectual and happily than seriousness.

Sapere aude. Dare to be wise.

Of what use is a fortune to me, if I cannot use it? [Lat., Quo mihi fortunam, si non conceditur uti?]

Plant no other tree before the vine.

In laboring to be concise, I become obscure. [Lat., Brevis esse laboro, obscurus fio.]

When I caution you against becoming a miser, I do not therefore advise you to become a prodigal or a spendthrift.

Why do you hasten to remove anything which hurts your eye, while if something affects your soul you postpone the cure until next year?