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
nature way pitchforks
If you drive nature out with a pitchfork, she will soon find a way back.
death dark way
Death's dark way Must needs be trodden once, however we pause.
integrity way sin
He who is upright in his way of life and free from sin.
matter way easy
It is no easy matter to say commonplace things in an original way.
way common speak
It is difficult to speak of what is common in a way of your own.
happiness men way
To marvel at nothing is just about the one and only thing, Numicius, that can make a man happy and keep him that way.
horse teaching way
The trainer trains the docile horse to turn, with his sensitive neck, whichever way the rider indicates.
way common individual
It is hard to utter common notions in an individual way.
death night way
One night is awaiting us all, and the way of death must be trodden once. [Lat., Omnes una manet nox, Et calcanda semel via leti.]
children way deliverance
God listens for nothing so tenderly, as when His children help each other by their testimonies to His goodness and the way in which He has brought them deliverance.
two way trust-in-god
Trust in God for great things. With your five loaves and two fishes He will show you a way to feed thousands.
way
The way we do things is to begin.
political politics way
I do not admire politicians; but when they are excellent in their way, one cannot help allowing them their due.
summer august way
The way to ensure summer in England is to have it framed and glazed in a comfortable room.