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
wine water drinkers
No poem was ever written by a drinker of water.
management anger-management madness
Anger is short-lived madness.
inspirational adversity genius
Adversity is wont to reveal genius, prosperity to hide it.
thanksgiving gratitude being-thankful
Only a stomach that rarely feels hungry scorns common things.
wall greed want
The avarice person is ever in want; let your desired aim have a fixed limit.
soul relax calm
Remember to preserve a calm soul amid difficulties.
knowledge injustice
Knowledge without education is but armed injustice.
mistress use ifs
Money is a handmaiden, if thou knowest how to use it A mistress, if thou knowest not.
adversity heart men
Live as brave men and face adversity with stout hearts.
adversity opportunity giving
Success in the affairs of life often serves to hide one's abilities, whereas adversity frequently gives one an opportunity to discover them.
courage men purpose
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 tryant.
beard philosopher grows
To grow a philosopher's beard.
errors society different
One wanders to the left, another to the right. Both are equally in error, but, are seduced by different delusions.
motivational positive wise
He who has begun has half done. Dare to be wise -begin!