Horace Quotes
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (8 December 65 BC – 27 November 8 BC), known in the English-speaking world as Horace, was the leading lyric poet in Latin.
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- Satirists
Also known as: Quintus Horatius Flaccus
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In peace, as a wise man, he should make suitable preparation for war.
Satires (-35)
In vain did Nature's wife command
Divide the waters from the land,
If daring ships and men profane,
Invade th' inviolable main.
Odes (-23)
The mind enamored with deceptive things, declines things better.
Satires (-35)
Of strong good sense, untutored in the schools.
Force without wisdom falls of its own weight.
Odes (-23)
Happy he who far from business, like the primitive race of mortals, cultivates with his own oxen the fields of his fathers, free from all anxieties of gain.
Stronger than thunder's winged force
All-powerful gold can speed its course;
Through watchful guards its passage make,
And loves through solid walls to break.
To scorn the ill-conditioned rabble.
O fairer daughter of a fair mother!
Odes (-23)
Whatever advice you give, be short.
Change generally pleases the rich.
The crowd of changeable citizens.
A pauper in the midst of wealth.
Odes (-23)
The man who is just and resolute will not be moved from his settled purpose, either by the misdirected rage of his fellow citizens, or by the threats of an imperious tyrant.
As a neighboring funeral terrifies sick misers, and fear obliges them to have some regard for themselves; so, the disgrace of others will often deter tender minds from vice.
How does it happen, Mæcenas, that no one is content with that lot in life which he has chosen, or which chance has thrown in his way, but praises those who follow a different course?
Let hopes and sorrows, fears and angers be,
And think each day that dawns the last you'll see;
For so the hour that greets you unforeseen
Will bring with it enjoyment twice as keen.
Epistles (-20)
Nullius addictus iurare in verba magistri,
quo me cumque rapit tempestas, deferor hospes.
Epistles (-20)
Poets, the first instructors of mankind,
Brought all things to their proper native use.
As for me, when you want a good laugh, you will find me in fine state... fat and sleek, a true hog of Epicurus' herd.
Epistles (-20)