#t

Once a word has been allowed to escape, it cannot be recalled. ↗

— Horace

#been #cannot #escape #once #recalled

The man is either mad, or he is making verses. ↗

— Horace

#mad #making #man #verses

Suffering is but another name for the teaching of experience, which is the parent of instruction and the schoolmaster of life. ↗

— Horace

#experience #instruction #life #name #parent

The foolish are like ripples on water, For whatsoever they do is quickly effaced; But the righteous are like carvings upon stone, For their smallest act is durable. ↗

— Horace

#carvings #durable #foolish #like #quickly

The pen is the tongue of the mind. ↗

— Horace

#pen #tongue

The power of daring anything their fancy suggest, as always been conceded to the painter and the poet. ↗

— Horace

#anything #been #conceded #daring #fancy

Usually the modest person passes for someone reserved, the silent for a sullen person. ↗

— Horace

#modest person #passes #person #reserved #silent

Who then is free? The wise man who can command himself. ↗

— Horace

#free #himself #man #then #who

Why harass with eternal purposes a mind to weak to grasp them? ↗

— Horace

#grasp #harass #mind #purposes #them

You traverse the world in search of happiness, which is within the reach of every man. A contented mind confers it on all. ↗

— Horace

#contented #contented mind #every #every man #happiness