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
came played section stan
I had the house rhythm section at a club called the Sundown in Hartford. Stan Getz came up and played with us.
hard shooting
I'm shooting for longevity. The road is hard on your body.
begins charity ends mostly
Our charity begins at home, And mostly ends where it begins
courage fear
Courage is the fear of being thought a coward.
advice events forget good injuries man
Good advice is one of those injuries which a good man ought, if possible, to forgive, but at all events to forget at once
consistent men
Inconsistency is the only thing in which men are consistent
beautiful summer winter
Our [British] summers are often, though beautiful for verdure, so cold, that they are rather cold winters.
moving passion age
When Shakespeare copied chroniclers verbatim, it was because he knew they were good enough for his audiences. In a more polished age he who could so move our passions, could surely have performed the easier task of satisfying our taste.
motivational positive happiness
Habit is a cable; we weave a thread of it each day, and at last we cannot break it.
life time sunset
Lost, yesterday, somewhere between sunrise and sunset, two golden hours, each set with sixty diamond minutes. No reward is offered for they are gone forever.
allowed building choice discipline discuss documents email far leave members seen sign strict
We have a very strict discipline now. No documents leave the building and the (Academy) members are not allowed to discuss the choice by email or with members of their family. So far this year, I have not seen any sign that there is a leak,
assess best colorado definitely fair guess obviously prepared strengths weaknesses
We definitely were not prepared, but I guess we were prepared the best we could. I obviously wasn't able to assess the strengths and weaknesses of Colorado because we didn't give them a fair fight.
fun judges messing
I'll probably have more fun messing with the judges than the referees.
error last precedes science
In all science error precedes the truth, and it is better it should go first than last