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Horace Quotes - Page 30

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The drunkard is convicted by his praises of wine.

The drunkard is convicted by his praises of wine.

Wine, Praise, Drunkards

Shun an inquisitive man, he is invariably a tell-tale.

Men, Tales, Inquisitive

Anger is brief madness

Madness

The explanation avails nothing, which in leading us from one difficulty involves us in another.

Difficulty, Explanation

Silver is of less value than gold, gold than virtue.

Gold, Silver, Virtue

The cautious wolf fears the pit, the hawk regards with suspicion the snare laid for her, and the fish the hook in its concealment.

Hook, Pits, Hawks

The covetous are always in want.

Want

Rains driven by storms fall not perpetually on the land already sodden, neither do varying gales for ever disturb the Caspian sea.

Rain, Fall, Sea

Seek not to inquire what the morrow will bring with it.

Morrow

The body, enervated by the excesses of the preceding day, weighs down and prostates the mind also.

Mind, Excess, Body

Wherein is the use of getting rid of one thorn out of many?

Use

The bowl dispels corroding cares.

Care, Bowls

There is no retracing our steps.

Steps

If a better system's thine, Impart it frankly, or make use of mine.

Use, Mines, Impart

"The works of Horace".

That I make poetry and give pleasure - if I give pleasure - are because of you.

Giving, Poetry, Pleasure

'Odes' bk. 4, no. 3, l. 24

Virtuosi have been long remarked to have little conscience in their favorite pursuits. A man will steal a rarity who would cut off his hand rather than take the money it is worth. Yet, in fact, the crime is the same.

Cutting, Men, Hands

What with your friend you nobly share, At least you rescue from your heir.

Heirs, Share, Rescue

Horace (1835). “Horace: The Epistles, book I-II. The Art of poetry. Appendix, containing translations of various odes, &c”, p.185

Carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero'Snatch at today and trust as little as you can in tomorrow' - (Odes) Often translated as 'Seize the day'.

Trust, Carpe Diem, Seize The Day

Not gods, nor men, nor even booksellers have put up with poets' being second-rate.

Men, Poetry, Rate

'Ars Poetica' l. 372

I am doubting what to do.

Latin, Doubt

Superfluous words simply spill out when the mind is already full.

Mind, Spills, Superfluous

The man who thinks with Horace thinks divine.

Men, Thinking, He Man

Horace (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Horace (Illustrated)”, p.380, Delphi Classics

What odds does it make to the man who lives within Nature's bounds, whether he ploughs a hundred acres or a thousand?

Men, Odds, Doe

"Satires". Book by Horace, Book I, satire i, line 48, c. 35 BC.

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.

Sweet, Drink, Homeland

Many terms which have now dropped out of favour will be revived, and those that are at present respectable, will drop out, if useage so choose with whom resides the decision and the judgment and the code of speech.

Decision, Speech, Favour

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