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
fools-and-foolishness good mix silly
Mix a little foolishness with your prudence: it's good to be silly at the right moment. (Odes, bk. 4, no. 12, l. 27)
gay good-things
It's a good thing to be foolishly gay once in a while.
advice scare good-advice
A good scare is worth more than good advice.
men faces good-sense
What prevents a man's speaking good sense with a smile on his face?
too-much pleasure good-things
Take too much pleasure in good things, you'll feel The shock of adverse fortune makes you reel.
adversity heart good-times
A heart well prepared for adversity in bad times hopes, and in good times fears for a change in fortune.
basketball blessed complain glad good hard hear jobs labor living stayed
I think of everything I have been through... It makes me see how blessed I am. I've done real hard labor, working as an electrician and stuff. I was out of basketball, working labor jobs to make money. I could have stayed there, done the work, and made a pretty good living for my family. But I couldn't let basketball go. I had to see this all the way through, and I am glad I did. You will never hear me complain. I have nothing to complain about. I've been on the other side. I know how it is in the real world.
goes good iq
When you get good players, a coach's IQ goes up. I've got to get better players.
according act best bless common given goodness happiness philosophy submit wisdom
To act with common sense according to the moment, is the best wisdom I know; and the best philosophy is to do one's duties, take the world as it comes, submit respectfully to one's lot; bless the goodness that has given us so much happiness with it,
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
coach comments good heard impressed last miss next optimist recruiting remained seemed team
He seemed to be an optimist and remained an optimist. I heard that one of the last comments he made was that he said he was impressed with Coach O's recruiting and thought Ole Miss would have a good team next year.
cost good great guidance million raising subscriber
Their subscriber acquisition cost was great for the quarter, and raising guidance to 6.2 million was good news.
check good money sure
It's good to have money and the things that money can buy, but it's good, too, to check up once in a while and make sure that you haven't lost the things that money can't buy.
men good-man secret
The great secret of good management is to be more alert to prevent a man's going wrong than eager to punish him for it.