Horace Quotes

In times of stress, be bold and valiant.

There is a measure in things.

I am vexed when the worthy Homer nods.

The man who has mixed profit with pleasure wins everyone’s approval.

The mountains are in labour, and there will be born an absurd little mouse.

If you wish me to shed tears you must first feel pain yourself.

I try hard to be succinct, and am merely obscure.

Captive Greece overcame her savage conqueror and brought the arts into rustic Latium.

The first scent you pour in a jar lasts for years.

Frivolity is sweet, at the right time.

Many brave men lived before Agamemnon’s time; but they are all unmourned and unknown, covered by the long night, because they lack their sacred poet.

I have completed a memorial more lasting than bronze.

It is a sweet and seemly thing to die for one’s country.

I despise the uninitiated mob and I warn them off: keep your tongues well-omened; I, priest of the Muses, am singing songs, never heard before, to girls and boys.

Oh, my Postumus, Postumus, the fleeting years are slipping by.

Now is the time to drink!