Horace
Horace
Quintus Horatius Flaccus, known in the English-speaking world as Horace, was the leading Roman lyric poet during the time of Augustus. The rhetorician Quintilian regarded his Odes as just about the only Latin lyrics worth reading: "He can be lofty sometimes, yet he is also full of charm and grace, versatile in his figures, and felicitously daring in his choice of words."...
NationalityRoman
ProfessionPoet
lying believe men
Believe me, it is no time for words when the wounds are fresh and bleeding; no time for homilies when the lightning's shaft has smitten, and the man lies stunned and stricken. Then let the comforter be silent; let him sustain by his presence, not by his preaching; by his sympathetic silence, not by his speech.
men chance praise
Consider carefully before you say a hard word to a man, but never let a chance to say a good one go by. Praise judiciously bestowed is money invested.
wind needs violence
The solution to our energy needs must go through a show of respect for nature, not, once again, a policy that does violence to our hills.
song gratitude easter
Let patriotism have its high days and freedom its monuments, and let the triumphs of navigators and generals be annually observed; but surely, beyond all these, a season that stands for as much to the race as Easter does may well be remembered each year with songs and flowers and with every mark of gratitude and of loftiest jubilation.
men giving trying
There’s no easier way to cure foolishness than to give a man leave to be foolish. And the only way to show a fellow that he’s chosen the wrong business is to let him try it.
long appearance deceiving
Appearances are deceitful, I know, but so long as they are, there's nothing like having them deceive for us instead of against us.
principles noble
Back of every noble life there are principles that have fashioned it.
believe knowledge half
I ain't one of those who believe that a half knowledge of a subject is useless, but it has been my experience that when a fellow has that half knowledge he finds it's the other half which would really come in handy.
knowledge clubs meat
What you know is a club for yourself, and what you don't know is a meat-ax for the other fellow.
opportunity today tomorrow
In all your dealings, remember that today is your opportunity; tomorrow some other fellow's.
college men self
The aim of the college, for the individual student, is to eliminate the need in his life for the college; the task is to help him become a self-educating man.
asking calling wealth
When a fortune comes without calling, it's apt to leave without asking.
inspirational motivational courage
Because a fellow has failed once or twice or a dozen times, you don't want to set him down as a failure till he's dead or loses his courage.
college fool college-life
Colleges don't make fools, they only develop them.