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
friends wise kings
Wise were the kings who never chose a friend till with full cups they had unmasked his soul, and seen the bottom of his deepest thoughts.
friends men intimate
To have a great man for an intimate friend seems pleasant to those who have never tried it; those who have, fear it. [Lat., Dulcis inexpertis cultura potentis amici; Expertus metuit.]
curiosity talkers inquisitive
Shun the inquisitive person, for he is also a talker. [Lat., Percunctatorem fugito, nam garrulus idem est.]
men heaven naked
The more a man denies himself, the more he shall receive from heaven. Naked, I seek the camp of those who covet nothing. [Lat., Quanto quisque sibi plura negaverit, A dis plura feret. Nil cupientium Nudus castra peto.]
retirement struggle limits
Let's put a limit to the scramble for money. ... Having got what you wanted, you ought to begin to bring that struggle to an end.
men odds acres
What odds does it make to the man who lives within Nature's bounds, whether he ploughs a hundred acres or a thousand?
politics common economy
It is difficult to administer properly what belongs to all in common.
prayer spring garden
This was my prayer: an adequate portion of land with a garden and a spring of water and a small wood to complete the picture.
giving advice giving-advice
In giving advice I advise you, be short.
incitement music-is
Music is an incitement to love.
sweet drink homeland
It is sweet and right to die for the homeland, but it is sweeter to live for the homeland, and the sweetest to drink for it. Therefore, let us drink to the health of the homeland.
accepting whatever-happens happens
Better to accept whatever happens.
one-day life-is
Live mindful of how brief your life is.
No one is content with his own lot.