Horace Fool Quotations

It is the false shame of fools to try to conceal wounds that have not healed.

Fortune makes a fool of those she favors too much.

While fools shun one set of faults they run into the opposite one.

The shame of fools conceals their open wounds. [Lat., Stultorum incurata malus pudor ulcera celat.]

Fools through false shame, conceal their open wounds.

Who then is sane? He who is not a fool.

In avoiding one vice fools rush into the opposite extreme.

A bad reader soon puts to flight both wise men and fools.

He can afford to be a fool.

It is delightful to play the fool.