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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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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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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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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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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When you get good players, a coach's IQ goes up. I've got to get better players.
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Men are sent into the world with bills of credit, and seldom draw to their full extent.
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Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he isn't. A sense of humor was provided to console him for what he is.
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Habit is a cable; we weave a thread of it each day, and at last we cannot break it.
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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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Our charity begins at home, And mostly ends where it begins
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Courage is the fear of being thought a coward.
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Good advice is one of those injuries which a good man ought, if possible, to forgive, but at all events to forget at once
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Inconsistency is the only thing in which men are consistent
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We definitely were not prepared, but I guess we were prepared the best we could. I obviously wasn't able to assess the strengths and weaknesses of Colorado because we didn't give them a fair fight.