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
heart wine thinking
Think of the wonders uncorked by wine! It opens secrets, gives heart to our hopes, pushes the cowardly into battle, lifts the load from anxious minds, and evokes talents. Thanks to the bottle's prompting no one is lost for words, no one who's cramped by poverty fails to find release.
seize-the-day littles seize-the-moment
Seize the day, trusting as little as possible in the future.
inspire care able
Mighty to inspire new hopes, and able to drown the bitterness of cares.
labor
It is good to labor; it is also good to rest from labor.
men shoes choices
He that finds out he's changed his lot for worse, Let him betimes the untoward choice reverse: For still, when all is said, the rule stands fast, That each man's shoe be made on his own last.
money men wife
A dowried wife, friends, beauty, birth, fair fame, These are the gifts of money, heavenly dame: Be but a moneyed man, persuasion tips Your tongue, and Venus settles on your lips.
adversity gale prosperity
In adversity be spirited and firm, and with equal prudence lessen your sail when filled with a too fortunate gale of prosperity.
men abstinence deny
The more a man denies himself, the more shall he obtain from God.
ability equal wells
Consider well what your strength is equal to, and what exceeds your ability.
patience may made
What may not be altered is made lighter by patience.
decision speech favour
Many terms which have now dropped out of favour will be revived, and those that are at present respectable, will drop out, if useage so choose with whom resides the decision and the judgment and the code of speech.
nonsense now-and-then pleasant
Nonsense, now and then, is pleasant.
beautiful all-things
All things considered, nothing is beautiful.
wise war men
In peace, a wise man makes preparations for war.