1,095 Quotes by Horace

Even virtue followed beyond reason's rule May stamp the just man knave, the sage a fool.

In the capacious urn of death, every name is shaken. [Lat., Omne capax movet urna nomen.]

The lazy ox wishes for horse-trappings, and the steed wishes to plough. [Lat., Optat ephippia bos piger, optat arare caballus.]

The years as they pass plunder us of one thing after another.

The mountains will be in labor, and a ridiculous mouse will be born.

Day is pushed out by day, and each new moon hastens to its death. [Lat., Truditur dies die, Novaeque pergunt interire lunae.]

Labor diligently to increase your property.

I would not exchange my life of ease and quiet for the riches of Arabia.

He that finds out he's changed his lot for worse, Let him betimes the untoward choice reverse: For still, when all is said, the rule stands fast, That each man's shoe be made on his own last.