Horace Quotes

My opinion of art is that a man should have love for it, because my idea is that he paints from his heart and mind.

Nothing's beautiful from every point of view.

Once a word has been allowed to escape, it cannot be recalled.

If a man knows nothing but hard times, he will paint them, for he must be true to himself.

Life grants nothing to us mortals without hard work.

A picture is a poem without words

I am the inferior of any man whose rights I trample underfoot.

Misfortunes, untoward events, lay open, disclose the skill of a general, while success conceals his weakness, his weak points.

It is courage, courage, courage, that raises the blood of life to crimson splendor. Live bravely and present a brave front to adversity

Education is our only political safety. Outside of this ark all is deluge.

What we learn only through the ears makes less impression upon our minds than what is presented to the trustworthy eye.

In the school of the woods, there is no graduation day.

One wanders to the left, another to the right. Both are equally in error, but, are seduced by different delusions.

A cigar has "...a fire at one end and a fool at the other."

Whatever advice you give, be short.

Happy he who far from business, like the primitive are of mortals, cultivates with his own oxen the fields of his fathers, free from all anxieties of gain.

Seize the day, and put the least possible trust in tomorrow.

Education then, beyond all other devices of human origin, is the great equalizer of the conditions of men, the balance-wheel of the social machinery.

You may loan your last dollar to a friend; but never loan him your axe, unless you are certain that he knows how to use it.

He who has begun has half done. Dare to be wise -begin!

Ah! if the pulpit would practice what it preaches, then all would be well.

If an idiot were to tell you the same story every day for a year, you would end by believing it.

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

Ridicule more often settles things more thoroughly and better than acrimony.

A human being is not attaining his full heights until he is educated.

It is right for him who asks forgiveness for his offenses to grant it to others.

Who then is free? The wise man who can govern himself.

A word once let out of the cage cannot be whistled back again.

Let's put a limit to the scramble for money. ... Having got what you wanted, you ought to begin to bring that struggle to an end.

Knowledge without education is but armed injustice.

Success in the affairs of life often serves to hide one's abilities, whereas adversity frequently gives one an opportunity to discover them.

Trust in God for great things. With your five loaves and two fishes He will show you a way to feed thousands.

A corrupt judge does not carefully search for the truth.

Youth is unduly busy with pampering the outer person.

Republics, one after another . . . have perished from a want of intelligence and virtue in the masses of the people. . . .

The pictures come to me in my mind, and if to me it is a worthwhile picture I paint it I do over the picture several times in my mind and when I am ready to paint it I have all the details I need.

Never despair. [Nil desperandum.]

In times of stress, be bold and valiant.

I will search for hidden talents that I didn't know I had and do my best to cultivate them. I am grateful for each day, and I will try to use each day as a stepping stone to greater achievements.

Manners easily and rapidly mature into morals.

A good and faithful judge ever prefers the honorable to the expedient.

Why do you hasten to remove anything which hurts your eye, while if something affects your soul you postpone the cure until next year?

Jails and prisons are the complement of schools; so many less as you have of the latter, so many more must you have of the former.

The Methodists love your big sinners, as proper subjects to work upon.

To have a great man for an intimate friend seems pleasant to those who have never tried it; those who have, fear it. [Lat., Dulcis inexpertis cultura potentis amici; Expertus metuit.]

Knicks and dull edges are abominations, so use knives and hatchets for nothing but they were made for.

Oh, sweet thy current by town and by tower, The green sunny vale and the dark linden bower; Thy waves as they dimple smile back on the plain, And Rhine, ancient river, thou'rt German again!

No poem was ever written by a drinker of water.

Education is a capital to the poor man, and an interest to the rich man.

Choose a subject equal to your abilities; think carefully what your shoulders may refuse, and what they are capable of bearing.