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
greed care wealth
Care clings to wealth: the thirst for more Grows as our fortunes grow.
riches firsts wealth
Riches are first to be sought for; after wealth, virtue.
becoming wealth caution
When I caution you against becoming a miser, I do not therefore advise you to become a prodigal or a spendthrift.
useless deeds wealth
High descent and meritorious deeds, unless united to wealth, are as useless as seaweed.
care wealth accumulation
The accumulation of wealth is followed by an increase of care, and by an appetite for more.
wealth enjoy ifs
What is wealth to me if I cannot enjoy it?
wealth fortune nameless
Wealth increaseth, but a nameless something is ever wanting to our insufficient fortune.
mean wealth given
The gods have given you wealth and the means of enjoying it.
noble wealth descent
Noble descent and worth, unless united with wealth, are esteemed no more than seaweed.
honor riches wealth
For everything divine and human, virtue, fame, and honor, now obey the alluring influence of riches.
riches wealth
Riches either serve or govern the possessor.
rome noise wealth
Cease to admire the smoke, wealth, and noise of prosperous Rome.
his-love wealth grows
He wears himself out by his labours, and grows old through his love of possessing wealth.
money firsts wealth
Money is to be sought for first of all; virtue after wealth. [Lat., Quaerenda pecunia primum est; virtus post nummos.]