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Horace

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“Cras ingens iterabimus aequor”
Horace (65–8 BC) said by 8 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Quamquam ridentem dicere verum quid vetat? ut pueris olim dant crustula blandi doctores, elementa velint ut discere prima.”
Horace (65–8 BC) said by 8 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“What odds does it make to the man who lives within Nature's bounds, whether he ploughs a hundred acres or a thousand?”
Horace (65–8 BC) said by 8 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Bona pars hominum est decepta cupidine falso 'nil satis est', inquit, 'quia tanti quantum habeas sis.”
Horace (65–8 BC) said by 8 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Saepe stilum vertas, iterum quae digna legi sint scripturus.”
Horace (65–8 BC) said by 8 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Book I, satire i, lines 72-3, (transl. Rushton Fairclough, 1926)
“Let’s put a limit to the scramble for money. ... Having got what you wanted, you ought to begin to bring that struggle to an end.”
Horace (65–8 BC) said by 8 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Inde fit ut raro, qui se vixisse beatum dicat et exacto contentus tempore vita cedat uti conviva satur, reperire queamus.”
Horace (65–8 BC) said by 8 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Non satis est puris versum perscribere verbis.”
Horace (65–8 BC) said by 8 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Atqui si vitiis mediocribus ac mea paucis mendosa est natura, alioqui recta, velut si egregio inspersos reprehendas corpore naevos, si neque avaritiam neque sordes nec mala lustra obiciet vere quisquam mihi, purus et insons, ut me collaudem, si et vivo carus amicis... at hoc nunc laus illi debetur et a me gratia maior. nil me paeniteat sanum patris huius, eoque non, ut magna dolo factum negat esse suo pars, quod non ingenuos habeat clarosque parentis, sic me defendam.”
Horace (65–8 BC) said by 8 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Nil sine magno vita labore dedit mortalibus.”
Horace (65–8 BC) said by 8 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“in pace, ut sapiens, aptarit idonea bello”
Horace (65–8 BC) said by 8 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Adclinis falsis animus meliora recusat.”
Horace (65–8 BC) said by 8 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Quocirca vivite fortes, fortiaque adversis opponite pectora rebus”
Horace (65–8 BC) said by 8 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Ille sinistrorsum, hic dextrorsum abit : unus utrique Error, sed variis illudit partibus.”
Horace (65–8 BC) said by 8 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Heu, Fortuna, quis est crudelior in nos Te deus? Ut semper gaudes illudere rebus Humanis!”
Horace (65–8 BC) said by 8 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Sed convivatoris uti ducis ingenium res Adversae nudare solent, celare secundae.”
Horace (65–8 BC) said by 8 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Dum licet, in rebus jucundis vive beatus; Vive memor quam sis aevi brevis.”
Horace (65–8 BC) said by 8 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Bellaque matribus detestata”
Horace (65–8 BC) said by 8 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Nequiquam deus abscidit Prudens Oceano dissociabili Terras, si tamen impiae Non tangenda rates transiliunt vada.”
Horace (65–8 BC) said by 8 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Vitae summa brevis spem nos vetat inchoare longam.”
Horace (65–8 BC) said by 8 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Also quoted by: Virgil (misattributed)
“Nunc vino pellite curas.”
Horace (65–8 BC) said by 8 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Also quoted by: Quintus Horatius Flaccus (la)
“Permitte divis cetera.”
Horace (65–8 BC) said by 8 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Dum loquimur, fugerit invida Aetas: carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero.”
Horace (65–8 BC) said by 8 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“O matre pulchra filia pulchrior”
Horace (65–8 BC) said by 8 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Nunc est bibendum, nunc pede libero pulsanda tellus.”
Horace (65–8 BC) said by 8 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Aequam memento rebus in arduis servare mentem.”
Horace (65–8 BC) said by 8 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Also quoted by: Latin proverb (latin), Quintus Horatius Flaccus (la)
“Auream quisquis mediocritatem diligit, tutus caret obsoleti sordibus tecti, caret invidenda sobrius aula.”
Horace (65–8 BC) said by 8 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Eheu fugaces, Postume, Postume, labuntur anni nec pietas moram rugis et instanti senectae adferet indomitaeque morti.”
Horace (65–8 BC) said by 8 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Virginibus puerisque canto.”
Horace (65–8 BC) said by 8 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Also quoted by: Virgil (misattributed)
“Aequa lege Necessitas Sortitur insignes et imos; Omne capax movet urna nomen.”
Horace (65–8 BC) said by 8 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori.”
Horace (65–8 BC) said by 8 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Also quoted by: Quintus Horatius Flaccus (la)
“Iustum et tenacem propositi virum non civium ardor prava iubentium, non vultus instantis tyranni mente quatit solida.”
Horace (65–8 BC) said by 8 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Si fractus illabatur orbis, impavidum ferient ruinae.”
Horace (65–8 BC) said by 8 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Vis consili expers mole ruit sua.”
Horace (65–8 BC) said by 8 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Come, Mercury, by whose minstrel spell Amphion raised the Theban stones, Come, with thy seven sweet strings, my shell, Thy "diverse tones," Nor vocal once nor pleasant, now To rich man's board and temple dear: Put forth thy power, till Lyde bow Her stubborn ear.”
Horace (65–8 BC) said by 8 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Crescentem sequitur cura pecuniam, Maiorumque fames.”
Horace (65–8 BC) said by 8 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Also quoted by: Virgil (misattributed)
“Magnas inter opes inops.”
Horace (65–8 BC) said by 8 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Quod adest memento componere aequus.”
Horace (65–8 BC) said by 8 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Ille potens sui laetusque deget, cui licet in diem dixisse "vixi: cras vel atra nube polum pater occupato vel sole puro.”
Horace (65–8 BC) said by 8 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Exegi monumentum aere perennius”
Horace (65–8 BC) said by 8 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Also quoted by: Quintus Horatius Flaccus (la)
“Pulvis et umbra sumus.”
Horace (65–8 BC) said by 8 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Vixere fortes ante Agamemnona.”
Horace (65–8 BC) said by 8 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Quid verum atque decens curo et rogo, et omnis in hoc sum.”
Horace (65–8 BC) said by 8 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Nullius addictus iurare in verba magistri, quo me cumque rapit tempestas, deferor hospes.”
Horace (65–8 BC) said by 8 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Virtus est vitium fugere et sapientia prima stultitia caruisse.”
Horace (65–8 BC) said by 8 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Also quoted by: Quintus Horatius Flaccus (la)
“Nos numerus sumus et fruges consumere nati.”
Horace (65–8 BC) said by 8 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Nam cur quae laedunt oculum festinas demere; si quid est animum, differs curandi tempus in annum?”
Horace (65–8 BC) said by 8 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Dimidium facti qui coepit habet; sapere aude; incipe!”
Horace (65–8 BC) said by 8 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Qui recte vivendi prorogat horam, Rusticus exspectat dum defluat amnis.”
Horace (65–8 BC) said by 8 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Semper avarus eget.”
Horace (65–8 BC) said by 8 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source