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
men every-man
It is not every man that can afford to go to Corinth.
matter way easy
It is no easy matter to say commonplace things in an original way.
running may needs
There is need of brevity, that the thought may run on.
ease riches arabia
I would not exchange my life of ease and quiet for the riches of Arabia.
hate sin virtue
The good hate sin because they love virtue. [Lat., Oderunt peccare boni virtutis amore.]
fire house danger
Your property is in danger when your neighbour's house is on fire.
may natural force
You may suppress natural propensities by force, but they will be certain to re-appear.
judged
You are judged of by what you possess.
men wife sovereign
Sovereign money procures a wife with a large fortune, gets a man credit, creates friends, stands in place of pedigree, and even of beauty.
care wealth accumulation
The accumulation of wealth is followed by an increase of care, and by an appetite for more.
night
Work at it night and day.
wine breasts
Wine unlocks the breast.
art powerful wine
Whither, O god of wine, art thou hurrying me, whilst under thy all-powerful influence?
use
Wherein is the use of getting rid of one thorn out of many?