Quote

Betray not a secret even though racked by wine or wrath.

Horace

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Horace
Philosopher
Poet
Writer
Quintus Horatius Flaccus
Q. Horatius Flaccus
Horatius
Horatius Flaccus
Even
Racked
Wrath
Betray
Wine
Secret
Though

More quotes by Horace

Image
Fierce eagles breed not the tender dove.
Horace
Image
A shoe that is too large is apt to trip one, and when too small, to pinch the feet. So it is with those whose fortune does not suit them.
Horace
Image
Blend a little folly with thy worldly plans: it is delightful to give loose on a proper occasion.
Horace
Image
Avoid inquisitive persons, for they are sure to be gossips, their ears are open to hear, but they will not keep what is entrusted to them.
Horace
Image
Of what use is a fortune to me, if I cannot use it? [Lat., Quo mihi fortunam, si non conceditur uti?]
Horace
Image
It is difficult to administer properly what belongs to all in common.
Horace
Image
Capture your reader, let him not depart, from dull beginnings that refuse to start
Horace
Image
A dowried wife, friends, beauty, birth, fair fame, These are the gifts of money, heavenly dame: Be but a moneyed man, persuasion tips Your tongue, and Venus settles on your lips.
Horace
Image
Shun an inquisitive man, he is invariably a tell-tale.
Horace
Image
Nor has he lived in vain, who from his cradle to his grave has passed his life in seclusion.
Horace
Image
Knowledge without education is but armed injustice.
Horace
Image
Even-handed fate Hath but one law for small and great: That ample urn holds all men's names.
Horace
Image
When discord dreadful bursts the brazen bars, And shatters iron locks to thunder forth her wars.
Horace
Image
Where there are many beauties in a poem I shall not cavil at a few faults proceeding either from negligence or from the imperfection of our nature.
Horace
Image
Life is largely a matter of expectation.
Horace
Image
The question is yet before the court.
Horace
Image
The earth opens impartially her bosom to receive the beggar and the prince.
Horace
Image
The hour of happiness which comes unexpectedly is the happiest.
Horace
Image
Mountains will go into labour, and a silly little mouse will be born.
Horace
Image
Even virtue followed beyond reason's rule May stamp the just man knave, the sage a fool.
Horace