Day is pushed out by day, and each new moon hastens to its death. Horace More Quotes by Horace More Quotes From Horace In a long work sleep may be naturally expected. Horace sleep may long In neglected fields the fern grows, which must be cleared out by fire. Horace ferns fields fire In my integrity I'll wrap me up. Horace wraps integrity In hard times, no less than in prosperity, preserve equanimity. Horace equanimity prosperity hard-times In avoiding one evil we fall into another, if we use not discretion. Horace use evil fall In avoiding one vice fools rush into the opposite extreme. Horace fool vices opposites In trying to be concise I become obscure. Horace concise obscure trying I have raised for myself a monument more durable than brass. Horace brass monument raised In vain will you fly from one vice if in your wilfulness you embrace another. Horace embrace vain vices Kings play the fool, and the people suffer for it. Horace kings play people He will be beloved when he is no more. Horace beloved He will often have to scratch his head, and bite his nails to the quick. [To succeed he will have to puzzle his brains and work hard.] Horace nails hard-work brain Heir follows heir, as wave succeeds to wave. Horace heirs wave succeed Joking apart, now let us be serious. Horace serious It was intended to be a vase, it has turned out a pot. Horace vases pot It is said that the propriety even of old Cato often yielded to the exciting influence of the grape. Horace cato grapes influence It is not permitted that we should know everything. Horace should knows It is not every man that can afford to go to Corinth. Horace every-man men It is but a poor establishment where there are not many superfluous things which the owner knows not of, and which go to the thieves. Horace owners thieves poor His anger is easily excited and appeased, and he changes from hour to hour. Horace excited hours
