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
too-much fool favors
Fortune makes a fool of those she favors too much.
speech action modest
Be modest in speech, but excel in action.
political fickle vote
I court not the votes of the fickle mob.
environment refinement force
Drive Nature forth by force, she'll turn and rout The false refinements that would keep her out.
work obscure recreation
In labouring to be brief, I become obscure.
father injustice sin
Undeservedly you will atone for the sins of your fathers.
laughter joy love-and-laughter
Without love and laughter there is no joy; live amid love and laughter.
latin eggs apples
From the egg to the apple.
water stones durability
The foolish are like ripples on water, For whatsoever they do is quickly effaced; But the righteous are like carvings upon stone, For their smallest act is durable.
strong wine boys
Come boy, and pour for me a cup Of old Falernian. Fill it up With wine, strong, sparkling, bright, and clear; Our host decrees no water here. Let dullards drink the Nymph's pale brew, The sluggish thin their blood with dew. For such pale stuff we have no use; For us the purple grape's rich juice. Begone, ye chilling water sprite; Here burning Bacchus rules tonight! Catullus, Selections From Catullus No poems can live long or please that are written by water-drinkers.
book men poet
Poets are never allowed to be mediocre by the gods, by men or by publishers.
assess best colorado definitely fair guess obviously prepared strengths weaknesses
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.
bucket tractor
What do I do? I've got chainsaws, a tractor with a bucket and a backhoe,
check good money sure
It's good to have money and the things that money can buy, but it's good, too, to check up once in a while and make sure that you haven't lost the things that money can't buy.