1,095 Quotes by Horace

What you have not published, you can destroy. The word once sent forth can never be recalled.

There are words and accents by which this grief can be assuaged, and the disease in a great measure removed.

Brevis esse laboro, obscurus fio.

Ut haec ipsa qui non sentiat deorum vim habere is nihil omnino sensurus esse videatur."If any man cannot feel the power of God when he looks upon the stars, then I doubt whether he is capable of any feeling at all.

Nie pytaj próżno, bo nikt się nie dowie.Jaki nam koniec gotują bogowie,I babilońskich nie pytaj wróżbiarzy.Lepiej tak przyjąć wszystko, jak się zdarzy.A czy z rozkazu Jowisza ta zima,Co teraz wichrem wełny morskie wzdyma,Będzie ostatnia, czy też nam przysporzyLat jeszcze kilka tajny wyrok boży,Nie troszcz się o to i ... klaruj swe wina.Mknie rok za rokiem, jak jedna godzina.Wiec łap dzień każdy, a nie wierz ni trochęW złudnej przyszłości obietnice płoche.~Horacyprzeł.: Henryk Sienkiewicz

Of writing well, be sure, the secret liesIn wisdom :therefore study to be wise.

For my part, whether sailing in cruiser or dinghy, I shall remain myself. My sails are not puffed out with the north wind in my favour, nor am I beating into the southern gales of affliction.

You must often make erasures if you mean to write what is worthy of being read a second time; and don't labor for the admiration of the crowd, but be content with a few choice readers

Anger is a momentary madness, so control your passion or it will control you.