1,095 Quotes by Horace

An undertaking beset with danger.

The more we deny ourselves, the more the gods supply our wants. [Lat., Quanto quisque sibi plura negaverit, A dis plura feret.]

Drive Nature out with a pitchfork, yet she hurries back, And will burst through your foolish contempt, triumphant.

In my youth I thought of writing a satire on mankind! but now in my age I think I should write an apology for them.

Our sires' age was worse than our grandsires'. We their sons are more worthless than they: so in our turn we shall give the world a progeny yet more corrupt.

Take away the danger and remove the restraint, and wayward nature runs free.

Thou oughtest to know, since thou livest near the gods. [Lat., Scire, deos quoniam propius contingis, oportet.]

As many men as there are existing, so many are their different pursuits.

As a rule, adversity reveals genius and prosperity hides it