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
adversity delight too-much
The one who prosperity takes too much delight in will be the most shocked by reverses.
adversity calm remember
Remember to be calm in adversity.
adversity gale prosperity
In adversity be spirited and firm, and with equal prudence lessen your sail when filled with a too fortunate gale of prosperity.
adversity port resolve
A good resolve will make any port.
adversity challenges mind
In adversity, remember to keep an even mind.
adversity genius prosperity
As a rule, adversity reveals genius and prosperity hides it
adversity genius fortune
Adversity reveals the genius of a general; good fortune conceals it.
adversity heart good-times
A heart well prepared for adversity in bad times hopes, and in good times fears for a change in fortune.
inspirational adversity genius
Adversity reveals genius, prosperity conceals it.
inspirational adversity genius
Adversity is wont to reveal genius, prosperity to hide it.
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 adversity blood
It is courage, courage, courage, that raises the blood of life to crimson splendor. Live bravely and present a brave front to adversity
adversity mind prosperity
A well-prepared mind hopes in adversity and fears in prosperity. [Lat., Sperat infestis, metuit secundis Alteram sortem, bene preparatum Pectus.]