1,095 Quotes by Horace

Though you strut proud of your money, yet fortune has not changed your birth. [Lat., Licet superbus ambules pecuniae, Fortuna non mutat genus.]

Doctrina sed vim promovet insitam. Instruction enlarges the natural powers of the mind.

There are lessons to be learned from a stupid man.

What has not wasting time impaired?

If matters go badly now, they will not always be so.

Sorrowful words become the sorrowful; angry words suit the passionate; light words a playful expression; serious words suit the grave. [Lat., Tristia maestum Vultum verba decent; iratum, plena minarum; Ludentem, lasciva: severum, seria dictu.]

A cup concealed in the dress is rarely honestly carried.

What will this boaster produce worthy of this mouthing? The mountains are in labor; a ridiculous mouse will be born. [Lat., Quid dignum tanto feret hic promissor hiatu? Parturiunt montes; nascetur ridiculus mus.]

Summer treads on heels of spring.