black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

What do sad complaints avail if the offense is not cut down by punishment.

Horace

I praise her (Fortune) while she lasts; if she shakes her quick wings, I resign what she has given, and take refuge in my own virtue, and seek honest undowered Poverty.
HORACE

Last Poverty Wing
Punishment follows close on crime.
HORACE

Crime Follow Punishment
The short span of life forbids us to spin out hope to any length. Soon will night be upon you, and the fabled Shades, and the shadowy Plutonian home.
HORACE

Home Life Night
I would not exchange my life of ease and quiet for the riches of Arabia.
HORACE

Country Ease People Rich
The gods have given you wealth and the means of enjoying it.
HORACE

Enjoy God Mean Wealth
Anger is brief madness
HORACE

Anger Brief Madness
Rule your mind or it will rule you.
HORACE

Inspirational Life Motivational
Aiming at brevity, I become obscure.
HORACE

Aim Brevity Obscure
There is a middle ground in things.
HORACE

Ground Latin Middle
By the favour of the heavens
HORACE

Favour Heaven Religious
Superfluous words simply spill out when the mind is already full.
HORACE

Mind Spill Superfluous
With you I should love to live, with you be ready to die.
HORACE

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

Eye Mind Trust
A good resolve will make any port.
HORACE

Adversity Port Resolve
In adversity, remember to keep an even mind.
HORACE

Adversity Inspirational Motivational
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

Brain Hard Work Nail

What do sad complaints avail if the offense is not cut down by punishment.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

What do sad complaints avail if the offense is not cut down by punishment.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Horace Quotes