1,095 Quotes by Horace

Usually the modest person passes for someone reserved, the silent for a sullen person

He wears himself out by his labours, and grows old through his love of possessing wealth.

We are dust and shadow. [Lat., Pulvis et umbra sumus.]

Nothing's beautiful from every point of view.

The man who has lost his purse will go wherever you wish. [Lat., Ibit eo quo vis qui zonam perdidit.]

Grammatici certant et adhuc sub iudice lis est. - Grammarians dispute, and the case it still before the courts.

Everything that is superfluous overflows from the full bosom.

He who has enough for his wants should desire nothing more.

I never think at all when I write. Nobody can do two things at the same time and do them both well.