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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Being, be bold and venture to be wise.
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While we're talking, time will have meanly run on... pick today's fruits, not relying on the future in the slightest.
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Let us my friends snatch our opportunity form the passing day.
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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.
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Botanically speaking, tomatoes are the fruit of a vine, just as are cucumbers, squashes, beans and peas.
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I personally do not believe in politics, hatred, or anger in my musical composition.
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I had the house rhythm section at a club called the Sundown in Hartford. Stan Getz came up and played with us.
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I'm shooting for longevity. The road is hard on your body.
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Life is getting ready to hit them upside the head. If you think losing to Florida is bad try to get married, raise a family and pay the bills. Being in college is about trying to develop a philosophy and trying to develop goals about how you want to attack life.
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Life is a tragedy for those who feel, but a comedy to those who think.
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For every folly of their princes, the Greeks feel the lash.
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Mix a little foolishness with your prudence: it's good to be silly at the right moment. (Odes, bk. 4, no. 12, l. 27)
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Instead of forming new words I recommend to you any kind of artful management by which you may be able to give cost to old ones
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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.