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
nature way pitchforks
If you drive nature out with a pitchfork, she will soon find a way back.
wise writing thinking
Of writing well the source and fountainhead is wise thinking.
nature foolish pitchforks
Drive Nature out with a pitchfork, yet she hurries back, And will burst through your foolish contempt, triumphant.
wisdom wings recalls
Once sent out, a word takes wings beyond recall.
care riches consumerism
As riches grow, care follows, and a thirst For more and more.
men fingertips accomplished
An accomplished man to his fingertips.
knaves needs crime
A crafty knave needs no broker.
desire naked camps
Naked I seek the camp of those who desire nothing.
despair guidance
Never despair while under the guidance and auspices of Teucer.
greatness men brightness
That man scorches with his brightness, who overpowers inferior capacities, yet he shall be revered when dead.
grief men limits
What impropriety or limit can there be in our grief for a man so beloved?.
storm guests willing
Wherever the storm carries me, I go a willing guest.
humble humility
Humble things become the humble.
busy urges idleness
Busy idleness urges us on.