Horace Quotes

We need to know not only what is done but what is purposed and said by those who shape the destines of states and realms." Horace Greeley ~ Harold Holzer

The way to ensure summer in England is to have it framed and glazed in a comfortable room. ~ Horace Walpole

If the world is cold, make it your business to build fires. ~ Horace Traubel

Mix a little foolishness with your serious plans. It is lovely to be silly at the right moment. ~ Horace

What we're really sending you to Harvard for is to get a little of the educations that's so good and plenty there. When it's passed around you don't want to be bashful, but reach right out and take a big helping every time, for I want you to get your share. You;ll find that education's about the only thing lying around loose in this world, and that it's about the only things a fellow can have as much of as he's willing to haul away. ~ George Horace Lorimer

An undertaking beset with danger. ~ Horace

Musical composition should bring happiness and joy to people and make them forget their troubles. ~ Horace Silver

There's no easier way to cure foolishness than to give a man leave to be foolish. And the only way to show a fellow that he's chosen the wrong business is to let him try it. ~ George Horace Lorimer

Ignorance breeds monsters to fill up the vacancies of the soul that are unoccupied by the verities of knowledge. ~ Horace Mann

The curse of modern times is, that almost everything does create controversy. ~ Horace Walpole

Ten men have failed from defect in morals, where one has failed from defect in intellect. ~ Horace Mann

Let Apella the Jew believe it. ~ Horace

The body, enervated by the excesses of the preceding day, weighs down and prostates the mind also. ~ Horace

A cultivated wit, one that badgers less, can persuade all the more. Artful ridicule can address contentious issues more competently and vigorously than can severity alone. ~ Horace

The just man having a firm grasp of his intentions, neither the heated passions of his fellow men ordaining something awful, nor a tyrant staring him in the face, will shake in his convictions. ~ Horace

A jest often decides matters of importance more effectively and happily than seriousness. ~ Horace

There are lessons to be learned from a stupid man. ~ Horace

Hired mourners at a funeral say and do - A little more than they whose grief is true ~ Horace

In laboring to be concise, I become obscure.
[Lat., Brevis esse laboro, obscurus fio.] ~ Horace

[French] authors are more afraid of offending delicacy and rules, than ambitious of sublimity. ~ Horace Walpole

Now drown care in wine.
[Lat., Nunc vino pellite curas.] ~ Horace

Not to admire, is all the art I know To make men happy, or to keep them so. Thus Horace wrote we all know long ago; And thus Pope quotes the precept to re-teach From his translation; but had none admired, Would Pope have sung, or Horace been inspired? ~ Lord Byron

The short span of life forbids us to spin out hope to any length. Soon will night be upon you, and the fabled Shades, and the shadowy Plutonian home. ~ Horace

We put things in order - God does the rest. Lay an iron bar east and west, it is not magnetized. Lay it north and south and it is. ~ Horace Mann

He who feared that he would not succeed sat still. ~ Horace

Remember when life's path is steep to keep your mind even. ~ Horace

Nobody brings numbers to life like Horace Dediu does. ~ Philip Elmer-DeWitt

The covetous man is ever in want. ~ Horace

Society was ruled by narrow-minded, profoundly incurious people, predatory business men, dull squires, bishops, politicians who could quote Horace but had never heard of algebra. Science was faintly disreputable and religious belief obligatory. Traditionalism, stupidity, snobbishness, patriotism, superstition and love of war seemed to be all on the same side; there was need of someone who could state the opposite point of view. ~ George Orwell

There is nothing intrinsically more beautiful or poetical about the moon than about a dunghill; if anything, the contrary, for the latter is full of life and warmth and energy. ~ Reginald Horace Blyth

I certainly think that the best book in the world would owe the most to a good index, and the worst book, if it had but a single good thought in it, might be kept alive by it. ~ Horace Binney Wallace

I'm shooting for longevity. The road is hard on your body. ~ Horace Silver

Parturient montes, nascetur ridiculus mus.
(Mountains are in labour, a ridiculous mouse will be born) ~ Horace

What we read with pleasure we read again with pleasure. ~ Horace

I shun authors, and would never have been one myself, if it obliged me to keep such bad company. ~ Horace Walpole

I teach that all men are mad. ~ Horace

We are often deterred from crime by the disgrace of others. ~ Horace

In 1847 I gave an address at Newton, Mass., before a Teachers' Institute conducted by Horace Mann. My subject was grasshoppers. I passed around a large jar of these insects, and made every teacher take one and hold it while I was speaking. If any one dropped the insect, I stopped till he picked it up. This was at that time a great innovation, and excited much laughter and derision. There can be no true progress in the teaching of natural science until such methods become general. ~ Louis Agassiz

I am doubting what to do. ~ Horace

Christianity is not so much the advent of a better doctrine as of a perfect character. ~ Horace Bushnell

Nothing is too high for the daring of mortals: we storm heaven itself in our folly. ~ Horace

Willmott has very tersely said that embellished truths are the illuminated alphabet of larger children. ~ Horace Mann

The short span of life forbids us to take on far-reaching hopes. ~ Horace

Fidelity is the sister of justice. ~ Horace

Difficulties elicit talents that in more fortunate circumstances would lie dormant. ~ Horace

Whatever things injure your eye you are anxious to remove; but things which affect your mind you defer. ~ Horace

Multa ferunt anni venientes commoda secum, Multa recedentes adimiunt. (The years, as they come, bring many agreeable things with them; as they go, they take many away.) ~ Horace

Posterity, thinned by the crime of its ancestors, shall hear of those battles. ~ Horace

Let your character be kept up the very end, just as it began, and so be consistent. ~ Horace

There is nothing I hold so cheap as a learned man , except an unlearned one . ~ Horace Walpole

Botanically speaking, tomatoes are the fruit of a vine, just as are cucumbers, squashes, beans and peas. ~ Horace Gray

Wine unlocks the breast. ~ Horace

Death is the last limit of all things. ~ Horace

Clothes don't make the man, but they make all of him except his hands and face during business hours, and that's a pretty considerable area of the human animal. ~ George Horace Lorimer

Carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero.
(Pluck the day [for it is ripe], trusting as little as possible in tomorrow.) ~ Horace

Habit is a cable; we weave a thread of it each day, and at last we cannot break it. ~ Horace Mann

A person will gain everyone's approval if he mixes the pleasant with the useful. ~ Horace

The more difficulties one has to encounter, within and without, the more significant and the higher in inspiration his life will be. ~ Horace Bushnell

Can you restrain your laughter, my friends? ~ Horace

It is not necessary for all men to be great in action. The greatest and sublimest power is often simple patience. ~ Horace Bushnell

Lighten grief with hopes of a brighter morrow; Temper joy, in fear of a change of fortune. ~ Horace

Much that we call evil is really good in disguises; and we should not quarrel rashly with adversities not yet understood, nor overlook the mercies often bound up in them. ~ Horace Mann

Increasing wealth is attended by care and by the desire of greater increase. ~ Horace

The good hate sin because they love virtue.
[Lat., Oderunt peccare boni virtutis amore.] ~ Horace

Ponder, your comedies are woeful chaff:
Write tragedies, when you would make us laugh. ~ Horace Walpole

I come," replied he, "to thee, Manfred, usurper of the principality of Otranto, from the renowned and invincible Knight, the Knight of the Gigantic Sabre: in the name of his Lord, Frederic, Marquis of Vicenza, he demands the Lady Isabella, daughter of that Prince, whom thou hast basely and traitorously got into thy power, by bribing her false guardians during his absence; and he requires thee to resign the principality of Otranto, which thou hast usurped from the said Lord Frederic, the nearest of blood to the last rightful Lord, Alfonso the Good. If thou dost not instantly comply with these just demands, he defies thee to single combat to the last extremity. ~ Horace Walpole

Do not think of knocking out another person's brains because he differs in opinion from you. It would be as rational to knock yourself on the head because you differ from yourself ten years ago. ~ Horace Mann

A good scare is worth more than good advice. ~ Horace

I personally do not believe in politics, hatred, or anger in my musical composition. ~ Horace Silver

Teaching isn't one-tenth as effective as training. ~ Horace Mann

Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity. ~ Horace Mann

He makes himself ridiculous who is for ever repeating the same mistake. ~ Horace

It is hard! But what can not be removed, becomes lighter through patience. ~ Horace

The most important ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get along with other people. ~ Horace Mann

The most ignorant are the most conceited. ~ Horace Mann

That man lives happy and in command of himself, who from day to day can say I have lived. Whether clouds obscure, or the sun illumines the following day, that which is past is beyond recall. ~ Horace

Little folks become their little fate. ~ Horace

Be not ashamed to have had wild days, but not to have sown your wild oats. ~ Horace

An ignorant man is always able to say yes or no immediately to any proposition. To a wise man, comparatively few things can be propounded which do not require a response with qualifications, with discriminations, with proportion. ~ Horace Mann

Go West, young man, go West. There is health in the country, and room away from our crowds of idlers and imbeciles. ~ Horace Greeley

There is one excuse for every mistake a man can make, but only one. When a fellow makes the same mistake twice he's got to throw up both hands and own up to carelessness or cussedness. ~ George Horace Lorimer

The soul of the truly benevolent man does not seem to reside much in his own body. Its life, to a great extent, is a mere reflex of the lives of others. It migrates into their bodies, and identifying its existence with their existence, finds its own happiness in increasing and prolonging their pleasures, in extinguishing or solacing their pains. ~ Horace Mann

Does it matter?" Halt asked.
Horace shrugged. "Not really, I suppose. I just wondered why you'd gone to the kitchen and why you took the trouble to remain unseen. Were you hiding from Master Chubb yourself? And Will just turned up by coincidence?"
"And why would I be hiding from Master Chubb in his own kitchen?" Halt challenged. Again. Horace shrugged innocently.
"Well,there was a tray of freshly made pies airing on the windowsill, wasn't there? And you're quite fond of pies, aren't you, Halt?"
Halt drew himself up very straight in the saddle. "Are you accusing me of sneaking into that kitchen to steal the pies for myself? Is that it?"
His voice and body language simply reeked of injured dignity.
"Of course not, Halt!" Horace hurried to assure him, and Halt's stiff-shouldered form relaxed a little.
"I just thought I'd give you the opportunity to confess," Horace added. This time, Malcolm couldn't conceal his sudden explosion of laughter. Halt gave them both a withering glance.
"You know, Horace," he said at length, "you used to be a most agreeable young man. Whatever happened to you?"
Horace turned a wide grin on him. "I've spent too much time around you, I suppose," he said.
And Halt had to admit that was probably true. ~ John Flanagan

Undeservedly you will atone for the sins of your fathers. ~ Horace

Jokes aside, let us turn to serious matters. ~ Horace

Let those who drink not, but austerely dine, dry up in law; the Muses smell of wine. ~ Horace

Then the two friends leaned back and watched the sun rise clear of the trees.
"Best time of day," said Will.
Yes," Horace agreed. "What's for breakfast? ~ John Flanagan

Wisdom is not wisdom when it is derived from books alone ~ Horace

Enjoy in happiness the pleasures which each hour brings with it. ~ Horace

I don't snore," Horace said, with dignity. Will raised his eyebrows."Is that so?" he said. "Then in that case, you'd better chase out that colony of walruses who are in the tent with you. ~ John Flanagan

He can afford to be a fool. ~ Horace

with most men duty means something unpleasant which the other fellow ought to do. ~ George Horace Lorimer

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

The man is either mad, or he is making verses. ~ Horace

How great, my friends, is the virtue of living upon a little! ~ Horace

Nine-tenths of the people were created so you would want to be with the other tenth. ~ Horace Walpole

Thank Heaven, the female heart is untenantable by atheism. ~ Horace Mann

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. ~ Horace

To equip a pedestrian with shelter, bedding, utensils, food, and other necessities, in a pack so light and small that he can carry it without overstrain, is really a fine art. ~ Horace Kephart

All men do not admire and delight in the same objects. ~ Horace