Horace Horace Quotations

Let us my friends snatch our opportunity form the passing day.

What do I do? I've got chainsaws, a tractor with a bucket and a backhoe,

Those who cross the sea change only the climate, not their character.

What fugitive from his country can also escape from himself.

Often the truth spoken with a smile will penetrate the mind and reach the heart; the lesson strikes home without wounding because of the wit in the saying

Your own safety is at stake when your neighbor's house is ablaze

Does he council you better who bids you, ''Money, by right means, if you can: but by any means, make money ?

They change their climate, not their soul, who rush across the sea.

How does it happen, Maecenas, that no one is content with that lot of which he has chosen or which chance has thrown his way, but praises those who follow a different course?

You who write, choose a subject suited to your abilities and think long and hard on what your powers are equal to and what they are unable to perform.