This is a fault common to all singers, that among their friends they will never sing when they are asked; unasked, they will never desist. Horace Read Quote
If a man’s fortune does not fit him, it is like the shoe in the story; if too large it trips him up, if too small it pinches him. Horace Read Quote
Usually the modest person passes for someone reserved, the silent for a sullen person. Horace Read Quote
Strange – is it not? That of the myriads who Before us passed the door of Darkness through, Not one returns to tell us of the road Which to discover we must travel too. Horace Read Quote
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 Read Quote
No verse can give pleasure for long, nor last, that is written by drinkers of water. Horace Read Quote
