Horace Quotes about Grief
Hired mourners at a funeral say and do - A little more than they whose grief is true
Horace (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Horace (Illustrated)”, p.448, Delphi Classics
"Ars Poetica" by Horace, v. 102, c. 19 BC.
Horace (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Horace (Illustrated)”, p.364, Delphi Classics
If you would have me weep, you must first of all feel grief yourself.
Horace, Edward Henry Blakeney (1970). “Horace on the art of poetry: Latin text, English prose translation, introduction and notes, together with Ben Jonson's English verse rendering”, Books for Libraries
Lighten grief with hopes of a brighter morrow; Temper joy, in fear of a change of fortune.
Horace (1936). “Complete Works”
What impropriety or limit can there be in our grief for a man so beloved?.
"Carmina" by Horace, I. 24. 1,