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
silly mountain littles
Mountains will go into labour, and a silly little mouse will be born.
littles virtue economy
How great, my friends, is the virtue of living upon a little!
grief funeral littles
Hired mourners at a funeral say and do - A little more than they whose grief is true
littles suits action
Those that are little, little things suit.
life littles slave
He is always a slave who cannot live on little.
mountain littles birth
The mountains are in labour, the birth will be an absurd little mouse.
seize-the-day littles seize-the-moment
Seize the day, trusting as little as possible in the future.
littles nonsense now-and-then
Mingle a little folly with your wisdom; a little nonsense now and then is pleasant. [Lat., Misce stultitiam consiliis brevem: Dulce est desipere in loco.
character excellence littles
Excellence when concealed, differs but little from buried worthlessness. [Lat., Paullum sepultae distat inertiae Celata virtus.]
fate littles folks
Little folks become their little fate.
doe littles slave
He will always be a slave who does not know how to live upon a little.
ignorance littles
Hidden knowledge differs little from ignorance.
future today littles
Seize today and put as little trust as you can in tomorrow.
time carpe-diem littles
Carpe diem, quam minime credula postero. Enjoy the present day, trusting very little to the morrow.