Horace Quotes

The lofty pine is oftenest shaken by the winds; High towers fall with a heavier crash; And the lightning strikes the highest mountain.

The higher the tower, the greater the fall thereof.

The higher a monkey climb, the more he expose.

I am at the top of the pyramid, but I am not stupid, and I realise that one small step could see me fall down very quickly.

He that is down needs fear no fall. He that is low, no pride.

O human race, born to fly upward, wherefore at a little wind dost thou so fall?

The wind shows us how close to the edge we are.

The higher up, the harder the fall.

If you're at the top, then brace for the fall.

You are grown so very great now, yet the higher a man climbs the farther he has to fall.

The taller they are, the longer they fall.

The desire of excessive power caused the angels to fall; the desire of knowledge caused men to fall.

Power is precarious.

Power invariably means both responsibility and danger.

More visibility is more power, but more vulnerability.

It is dangerous, at any time, to multiply sources of weakness.

You can't even stand without risking to fall.

Human pride is not worthwhile; there is always something lying in wait to take the wind out of it.

What does it feel like?” he asked. “What does what feel like?” Peter thought for a moment. “Being at the top.” Josie reached across him for another packet of material and fed it into the stapler. She did three of these, and Peter was certain that she was going to ignore him, but then she spoke. “Like if you take one wrong step,” she said, “you’re going to fall.

All human things hang on a slender thread, the strongest fall with a sudden crash.

He’s stronger than this. He’s always been stronger… (Vane) Even the mightiest oak can be felled by a whisper of a wind if it comes on the heels of a powerful enough storm. (Carson)

They that stand high have many blasts to shake them.

Remember that frost comes latest to those that bloom the highest.

I don't fall often, but I fall hard. And when you fall hard, it takes a while to get up.