Patience lightens the burthen we cannot avert. Horace More Quotes by Horace More Quotes From Horace Adversity reveals the genius of a general; good fortune conceals it. Horace adversity genius fortune Every old poem is sacred. Horace sacred poetry art As a true translator you will take care not to translate word for word. Horace translate take-care care Whatever you want to teach, be brief. Horace teach want teacher Don't yield to that alluring witch, laziness, or else be prepared to surrender all that you have won in your better moments. Horace yield laziness sloth Seize the day, put no trust in the morrow! Horace no-trust seize-the-day morrow Who can hope to be safe? who sufficiently cautious? Horace safety moments may The one who cannot restrain their anger will wish undone, what their temper and irritation prompted them to do. Horace irritation anger inspirational A word, once sent abroad, flies irrevocably. Horace literature I would advise him who wishes to imitate well, to look closely into life and manners, and thereby to learn to express them with truth. Horace imagination wish looks A host is like a general: calamities often reveal his genius. Horace calamity host genius Don't long for the unripe grape. Horace grapes long Once a word has been allowed to escape, it cannot be recalled. Horace words-we-speak communication silence A good resolve will make any port. Horace port resolve adversity Fortune makes a fool of those she favors too much. Horace fool favors too-much Take subject matter equal to your powers, and ponder long, what your shoulders cannot bear, and what they can. Horace shoulders wells bears Physicians attend to the business of physicians, and workmen handle the tools of workmen. Horace physicians tools business In the capacious urn of death, every name is shaken. Horace names death Years, following years, steal something every day; At last they steal us from ourselves away. Horace time memories death Happy the man who, removed from all cares of business, after the manner of his forefathers cultivates with his own team his paternal acres, freed from all thought of usury. Horace acres team men
