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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Go West, young man, and grow up with the country.
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Their subscriber acquisition cost was great for the quarter, and raising guidance to 6.2 million was good news.
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Candidates must figure on the short-list at least two years running to win,
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Prognostics do not always prove prophecies, - at least the wisest prophets make sure of the event first
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The Republic need to be passed through chastening, purifying fires of adversity and suffering; so these came and did their work and the verdure of a new national life springs greenly, luxuriantly, from their ashes
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I think it is safe to say that 'Soul Mountain' is one of the most remarkable creations of modern literature, not only in Chinese.
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Lost - yesterday, somewhere between sunrise and sunset, two golden hours, each set with sixty diamond minutes. No reward is offered, for they are gone forever.
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The first quarter was like the perfect storm, where you had Howard Stern, high gasoline prices, and lousy (General Motors) sales.
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I think of everything I have been through... It makes me see how blessed I am. I've done real hard labor, working as an electrician and stuff. I was out of basketball, working labor jobs to make money. I could have stayed there, done the work, and made a pretty good living for my family. But I couldn't let basketball go. I had to see this all the way through, and I am glad I did. You will never hear me complain. I have nothing to complain about. I've been on the other side. I know how it is in the real world.
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The highest service we can perform for others is to help them help themselves.
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That was probably one of the toughest things. I did everything I was supposed to do. I just took it as a test from God.
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Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for mankind
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In all science error precedes the truth, and it is better it should go first than last
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As a government employee, I was always fighting for financial resources, new staff, new everything, ... (Now,) I have to make sacrifices every day (as a business owner).