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
danger undertakings
An undertaking beset with danger.
men different pursuit
As many men as there are existing, so many are their different pursuits.
rome
At Rome I love Tibur; then, like a weathercock, at Tibur Rome.
oats ashamed
Be not ashamed to have had wild days, but not to have sown your wild oats.
caught disguise cunning
Be not caught by the cunning of those who appear in a disguise.
desire
Be not for ever harassed by impotent desire.
wall evil done
Be this our wall of brass, to be conscious of having done no evil, and to grow pale at no accusation.
fiction should please
Fiction intended to please, should resemble truth as much as possible.
eagles fierce dove
Fierce eagles breed not the tender dove.
fire gains neglected
Fire, if neglected, will soon gain strength.
hay horns mischievous
He has hay upon his horn. [He is a mischievous person.]
poor competencies
He is not poor who has a competency.
mistake ridiculous same-mistakes
He makes himself ridiculous who is for ever repeating the same mistake.
wife tales old-wives-tales
He tells old wives' tales much to the point.