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
latin savages conqueror
Captive Greece took captive her savage conqueror.
statistics born resources
We are just statistics, born to consume resources.
movie latin positivity
Carpe diem. (Seize the day.)
grief grieving wish
If you wish me to weep, you yourself must first feel grief.
grieving doors cottages
Pale death approaches with equal step, and knocks indiscriminately at the door of teh cottage, and the portals of the palace.
gains approval pleasant
A person will gain everyone's approval if he mixes the pleasant with the useful.
hours accepting gladness
Gladly accept the gifts of the present hour.
men giving labor
Life gives nothing to man without labor.
increase labor property
Labor diligently to increase your property.
wish poet profit
Poets wish to profit or to please.
writing secret sound
The secret of all good writing is sound judgment.
grief firsts emotion
If you would have me weep, you must first of all feel grief yourself.
littles suits action
Those that are little, little things suit.
confidence self-confidence self
Who has self-confidence will lead the rest.