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
men hands giving
Those who want much, are always much in need; happy the man to whom God gives with a sparing hand what is sufficient for his wants.
giving water long
No verse can give pleasure for long, nor last, that is written by drinkers of water.
giving asking tomorrow
Leave off asking what tomorrow will bring, and whatever days fortune will give, count them as profit.
men giving labor
Life gives nothing to man without labor.
giving liberty poet
"Painters and poets," you say, "have always had an equal license in bold invention." We know; we claim the liberty for ourselves and in turn we give it to others.
giving propriety ifs
If you cannot conduct yourself with propriety, give place to those who can.
two purple giving
Often a purple patch or two is tacked on to a serious work of high promise, to give an effect of colour.
son giving age
Our sires' age was worse than our grandsires'. We their sons are more worthless than they: so in our turn we shall give the world a progeny yet more corrupt.
giving poetry pleasure
That I make poetry and give pleasure - if I give pleasure - are because of you.
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.
giving advice
Whatever advice you give, be short.
giving advice giving-advice
In giving advice I advise you, be short.
money powerful giving
All powerful money gives birth and beauty. [Lat., Et genus et formam regina pecunia donat.]
kings feet giving
If it is well with your belly, chest and feet - the wealth of kings can't give you more.