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
ocean heart firsts
Surely oak and threefold brass surrounded his heart who first trusted a frail vessel to the merciless ocean.
grief firsts emotion
If you would have me weep, you must first of all feel grief yourself.
riches firsts wealth
Riches are first to be sought for; after wealth, virtue.
wine long firsts
The cask will long retain the flavour of the wine with which it was first seasoned.
blessing flow firsts
Mark what and how great blessings flow from a frugal diet; in the first place, thou enjoyest good health.
use firsts poet
Poets, the first instructors of mankind, Brought all things to the proper native use.
practice firsts citizens
O citizens, first acquire wealth; you can practice virtue afterward.
money firsts get-money
Get money first; virtue comes after.
writing parent firsts
Good sense is both the first principal and the parent source of good writing.
money firsts wealth
Money is to be sought for first of all; virtue after wealth. [Lat., Quaerenda pecunia primum est; virtus post nummos.]
firsts energy lost
We shall never recover the true apostolic energy, and be endued with power from on high, as the first disciples were, 'till we recover the lost faith.
wise firsts events
The wisest prophets make sure of the event first.
firsts repent scarce
We often repent of our first thoughts, and scarce ever of our second.
knowledge world firsts
As each generation comes into the world devoid of knowledge, its first duty is to obtain possession of the stores already amassed. It must overtake its predecessors before it can pass by them.