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
thinking philanthropy
Don't just think, do.
wise writing thinking
Of writing well the source and fountainhead is wise thinking.
heart wine thinking
Think of the wonders uncorked by wine! It opens secrets, gives heart to our hopes, pushes the cowardly into battle, lifts the load from anxious minds, and evokes talents. Thanks to the bottle's prompting no one is lost for words, no one who's cramped by poverty fails to find release.
writing apology thinking
In my youth I thought of writing a satire on mankind! but now in my age I think I should write an apology for them.
home thinking may
The populace may hiss me, but when I go home and think of my money, I applaud myself.
thinking may shoulders
Choose a subject equal to your abilities; think carefully what your shoulders may refuse, and what they are capable of bearing.
thinking looks lasts
Think to yourself that every day is your last; the hour to which you do not look forward will come as a welcome surprise.
thinking sorrow each-day
Let hopes and sorrows, fears and angers be, And think each day that dawns the last you'll see; For so the hour that greets you unforeseen Will bring with it enjoyment twice as keen.
inspirational life thinking
Carpe diem! Rejoice while you are alive; enjoy the day; live life to the fullest; make the most of what you have. It is later than you think.
thinking years heaven
Enjoy thankfully any happy hour heaven may send you, nor think that your delights will keep till another year.
men thinking he-man
The man who thinks with Horace thinks divine.
thinking charity philanthropy
Don't just put it off and think about it!
thinking people busy
Sad people dislike the happy, and the happy the sad; the quick thinking the sedate, and the careless the busy and industrious.
simple thinking names
We should not care much whether those thus united (against slavery) were designated 'Whig,' 'Free Democrat' or something else; though we think some simple name like 'Republican' would more fitly designate those who had united to restore the Union to its true mission of champion and promulgator of Liberty rather than propagandist of slavery.