Quotes by Horace

Clogged with yesterday's excess, the body drags the mind down with it. >>

When you introduce a moral lesson, let it be brief. >>

As a rule, adversity reveals genius and prosperity hides it. >>

Quotations about Poetry and Poets

When a poet's mind is perfectly equipped for its work, it is constantl >>

You will not find poetry anywhere unless you bring some of it with you >>

This poem will never reach its destination. [On Rousseau's Ode To >>

No verse can give pleasure for long, nor last, that is written by drinkers of water.

Horace