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
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How does it happen, Maecenas, that no one is content with that lot of which he has chosen or which chance has thrown his way, but praises those who follow a different course?
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Often the truth spoken with a smile will penetrate the mind and reach the heart; the lesson strikes home without wounding because of the wit in the saying
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You who write, choose a subject suited to your abilities and think long and hard on what your powers are equal to and what they are unable to perform.
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I think he is unassailable from a literary point of view, ... On the other hand, there may be some people who think he's too established.
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He did not say many words. He was very happy.
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Life is a tragedy for those who feel, but a comedy to those who think.
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Life is getting ready to hit them upside the head. If you think losing to Florida is bad try to get married, raise a family and pay the bills. Being in college is about trying to develop a philosophy and trying to develop goals about how you want to attack life.
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He had problems remembering names. There was a lot of humor about that at his funeral.
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It's been a long time since the prize has gone to someone like that. Esthetic literature has dominated because, I think, the modernist trend has been to frown upon scientific literature,
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I think it's beginning to be very successful; it was always viewed as a long-term project,
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The teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire to learn is hammering on cold iron.
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A careless song, with a little nonsense in it, now and then, does not misbecome a monarch
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Every addition to true knowledge is an addition to human power.
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Go West, young man, and grow up with the country.