Horace Quotes

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

Dulce est desipere in loco

Bellaque matribus detestata

Saepa stilum vertas, iterum quae digna legi sint scripturas. (Turn the stylus [to erase] often if you would write something worthy of being reread.)

Nil sine magno
vita labore dedit mortalibus.

Naturam expellas furca, tamen usque recurret
et mala perrumpet furtim fastidia victrix.
(Drive Nature out with a pitchfork, she'll come right back,
Victorious over your ignorant confident scorn.)

Quamquam ridentem dicere verum quid vetat? ut pueris olim dant crustula blandi doctores, elementa velint ut discere prima.

It is difficult to speak of the universal specifically.

wisdom is not wisdom when it is derived from books alone

Struggling to be brief I become obscure.

Dimidium facti qui coepit habet; sapere aude;
incipe!

Tomorrow we will be back on the vast ocean.

Why do you laugh? Change the name and the story is about you

Look round and round the man you recommend,
For yours will be the shame should he offend.

Enjoy the present smiling hour,
And put it out of Fortune's power.