Horace Littles Quotations

Mountains will go into labour, and a silly little mouse will be born.

Mingle a little folly with your wisdom; a little nonsense now and then is pleasant. [Lat., Misce stultitiam consiliis brevem: Dulce est desipere in loco.

Excellence when concealed, differs but little from buried worthlessness. [Lat., Paullum sepultae distat inertiae Celata virtus.]

Little folks become their little fate.

He will always be a slave who does not know how to live upon a little.

How great, my friends, is the virtue of living upon a little!

Hired mourners at a funeral say and do - A little more than they whose grief is true

Those that are little, little things suit.

He is always a slave who cannot live on little.

The mountains are in labour, the birth will be an absurd little mouse.

Seize the day, trusting as little as possible in the future.

Hidden knowledge differs little from ignorance.

Seize today and put as little trust as you can in tomorrow.

Carpe diem, quam minime credula postero. Enjoy the present day, trusting very little to the morrow.