1,095 Quotes by Horace

The brave are born from the brave and good. In steers and in horses is to be found the excellence of their sire; nor do savage eagles produce a peaceful dove.

Whatever hour God has blessed you with, take it with a grateful hand.

Wealth increaseth, but a nameless something is ever wanting to our insufficient fortune.

A word once uttered can never be recalled.

There is a proper measure in all things, certain limits beyond which and short of which right is not to be found. Who so cultivates the golden mean avoids the poverty of a hovel and the envy of a palace.

Leuconoe, close the book of fate, For troubles are in store, . . . . Live today, tomorrow is not.

I strive to be brief but I become obscure.

Not to create confusion in what is clear, but to throw light on what is obscure.

A noble pair of brothers. [Lat., Par nobile fratum.]