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
beans fruit tomatoes
Botanically speaking, tomatoes are the fruit of a vine, just as are cucumbers, squashes, beans and peas.
allegiance subject united
Every citizen or subject of another country, while domiciled here, is within the allegiance and the protection, and consequently subject to the jurisdiction, of the United States.
names desire imperfect
However rich or elevated, a name less something is always wanting to our imperfect fortune.
mind cheerful bitter
The mind that is cheerful in its present state, will be averse to all solicitude as to the future, and will meet the bitter occurrences of life with a placid smile.
wise future darkness
A wise God shrouds the future in obscure darkness. [Lat., Prudens futuri temporis exitum Caliginosa nocte premit deus.]
gambling soul venture
Curst is the wretch enslaved to such a vice, Who ventures life and soul upon the dice.
break-through gold stones
Gold loves to make its way through guards, and breaks through barriers of stone more easily than the lightning's bolt.
way common speak
It is difficult to speak of what is common in a way of your own.
humanity tendencies forbidden
The tendency of humanity is towards the forbidden.
cheerful melancholy dislike
The sad dislike those who are cheerful, and the cheerful dislike the melancholy.
gratitude
Do you count your birthdays with gratitude?
two purple giving
Often a purple patch or two is tacked on to a serious work of high promise, to give an effect of colour.
steps
There is no retracing our steps.
half finished
Who's started has half finished.