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
light shining splendor
Time will bring to light whatever is hidden it will cover up and conceal what is now shining in splendor.
light confusion obscure
Not to create confusion in what is clear, but to throw light on what is obscure.
wine light soul
Wine brings to light the hidden secrets of the soul.
mountain lightning strikes
Lightning strikes the tops of the mountains.
stars moon light
And yet more bright Shines out the Julian star, As moon outglows each lesser light. [Lat., Micat inter omnes Iulium sidus, velut inter ignes Luna minores.]
light now-and-then
The mob will now and then see things in a right light.
light expression passionate
Sorrowful words become the sorrowful; angry words suit the passionate; light words a playful expression; serious words suit the grave. [Lat., Tristia maestum Vultum verba decent; iratum, plena minarum; Ludentem, lasciva: severum, seria dictu.]
light shining
Amiability shines by its own light.
wine mean light
Wine brings to light the hidden secrets of the soul, gives being to our hopes, bids the coward flight, drives dull care away, and teaches new means for the accomplishment of our wishes.
acceptance forbidden lighters
What it is forbidden to be put right becomes lighter by acceptance.
light satisfaction results
It amazes me when I hear any person prefer blindness to deafness. Such a person must have a terrible dread of being alone. Blindness makes one totally dependent on others, and deprives us of every satisfaction that results from light.
love home light
Love--that divine fire which was made to light and warm the temple of home--sometimes burns at unholy altars.
truth science light
Scientific truth is marvelous, but moral truth is divine and whoever breathes its air and walks by its light has found the lost paradise.
light faces causes
On the face of it, it must be a bad cause which will not bear discussion. Truth seeks light instead of shunning it.