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
book men poet
Poets are never allowed to be mediocre by the gods, by men or by publishers.
strong wine boys
Come boy, and pour for me a cup Of old Falernian. Fill it up With wine, strong, sparkling, bright, and clear; Our host decrees no water here. Let dullards drink the Nymph's pale brew, The sluggish thin their blood with dew. For such pale stuff we have no use; For us the purple grape's rich juice. Begone, ye chilling water sprite; Here burning Bacchus rules tonight! Catullus, Selections From Catullus No poems can live long or please that are written by water-drinkers.
water stones durability
The foolish are like ripples on water, For whatsoever they do is quickly effaced; But the righteous are like carvings upon stone, For their smallest act is durable.
latin eggs apples
From the egg to the apple.
men charity helping
Help a man against his will and you do the same as murder him.
laughter joy love-and-laughter
Without love and laughter there is no joy; live amid love and laughter.
doe thorns ifs
What does it avail you, if of many thorns only one be removed
light shining splendor
Time will bring to light whatever is hidden it will cover up and conceal what is now shining in splendor.
heart humanity victory
I beseech you to treasure up in your hearts these my parting words: Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity.
men greed want
The covetous man is ever in want.
country country-love able
What exile from his country is able to escape from himself?
father injustice sin
Undeservedly you will atone for the sins of your fathers.