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
inspirational faith humor
Drop the question of what tomorrow may bring, and count as profit every day that Fate allows you.
thinking charity philanthropy
Don't just put it off and think about it!
pleasant
Tis pleasant to have a large heap to take from.
strong 4th-of-july honor
Who then is free? The one who wisely is lord of themselves, who neither poverty, death or captivity terrify, who is strong to resist his appetites and shun honors, and is complete in themselves smooth and round like a globe
future today littles
Seize today and put as little trust as you can in tomorrow.
wise strong freedom
Who then is free? the wise man who is lord over himself; Whom neither poverty nor death, nor chains alarm; strong to withstand his passions and despise honors, and who is completely finished and rounded off in himself.
death years lasts
Years, following years, steal something every day; At last they steal us from ourselves away.
death kings feet
Pale death with an impartial foot knocks at the hovels of the poor and the palaces of king.
anniversary unbroken unions
Happy and thrice happy are those who enjoy an uninterrupted union, and whose love, unbroken by any sour complaints, shall not dissolve until the last day of their existence.
time pampering youth
Youth is unduly busy with pampering the outer person.
time believe shine-on
Believe that each day that shines on you is your last.
time may today
He that has given today may, if he so please, take away tomorrow.
time doe dies
Damnosa quid non imminuit dies? What does not destructive time destroy?
time carpe-diem littles
Carpe diem, quam minime credula postero. Enjoy the present day, trusting very little to the morrow.