Day is pushed out by day, and each new moon hastens to its death. Horace More Quotes by Horace More Quotes From Horace Not even piety will stay wrinkles, nor the encroachments of age, nor the advance of death, which cannot be resisted. Horace encroachment wrinkles age He is not poor who has a competency. Horace competencies poor Get what start the sinner may, Retribution, for all her lame leg, never quits his track. Horace lame legs track God has joined the innocent with the guilty. Horace innocent guilty Pry not into the affairs of others, and keep secret that which has been entrusted to you, though sorely tempted by wine and passion. Horace passion wine secret Pleasure bought with pain does harm. Horace pleasure pain doe Tis pleasant to have a large heap to take from. Horace pleasant Patience lightens the burthen we cannot avert. Horace avert Nothing is so difficult but that man will accomplish it. Horace accomplish difficult men Nothing is achieved without toil. Horace toil Not treasured wealth, nor the consul's lictor, can dispel the mind's bitter conflicts and the cares that flit, like bats, about your fretted roofs. Horace bats care mind Not to create confusion in what is clear, but to throw light on what is obscure. Horace obscure confusion light He can afford to be a fool. Horace fool He who sings the praises of his boyhood's days. Horace boyhood praise Let him who has once perceived how much that, which has been discarded, excels that which he has longed for, return at once, and seek again that which he despised. Horace discarded has-beens return I would not exchange my life of ease and quiet for the riches of Arabia. Horace riches arabia ease If things look badly to-day they may look better tomorrow. Horace tomorrow may looks If you are only an underling, don't dress too fine. Horace fine ifs dresses In truth it is best to learn wisdom, and abandoning all nonsense, to leave it to boys to enjoy their season of play and mirth. Horace mirth play boys In the same [hospitable] manner that a Calabrian would press you to eat his pears. Horace pears presses