Death Quote by Horace — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“he who is greedy is always in want”

“Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents, which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant.”

“Begin, be bold, and venture to be wise.”

“Pactum serva" - "Keep the faith”

“Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents, which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant.”

“Rule your mind or it will rule you.”

“Vanye: You're asking me to kill you.”

“Hell, I don't want to grow old at all. I never want to die.”

“This was their way of honoring the dead. The story over, the demands of their own hard, rough lives began to re-assert themselves in their hearts, in their nerves, their blood and appetites. Would that the dead were not dead! But there is grass that must be eaten, pellets that must be chewed, hraka that must be passed, holes that must be dug, sleep that must be slept. Odysseus brings not one man to shore with him. Yet he sleeps sound beside Calypso and when he wakes thinks only of Penelope.”

“Nico found a sort of freedom in knowing that eventually, no matter what happened, he would end up at the foot of his father’s throne.”

“If there is nothing else there is this: to be inundated, consumed.”

“His [Death] voice is cold at first, John. It seems unfeeling. But if you listen without fear, you find that when he speaks, the most ordinary words become poetry. When he stands close to you, your life becomes a song, a praise. When he touches you, your smallest talents become gold; the most ordinary loves break your heart with their beauty.”