Horace Quotes, Eye Quotes, Men Quotes

The common people are but ill judges of a man's merits; they are slaves to fame, and their eyes are dazzled with the pomp of titles and large retinue. No wonder, then, that they bestow their honors on those who least deserve them.

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If you rank me with the lyric poets, my exalted head shall strike the stars. [Lat., Quod si me lyricis vatibus inseris, Sublimi feriam sidera vertice.]

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Twixt hope and fear, anxiety and anger.

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

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Be brief, that the mind may catch thy precepts, and the more easily retain them.

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Painters and poets alike have always had license to dare anything! We know that, and we both claim and allow to others in their turn this indulgence.

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Our sires' age was worse than our grandsires'. We their sons are more worthless than they: so in our turn we shall give the world a progeny yet more corrupt.

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Neither men, nor gods, nor booksellers' shelves permit ordinary poets to exist. [Lat., Mediocribus esse poetis Non homines, non di, non concessere columnae.]

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All else-valor, a good name, glory, everything in heaven and earth-is secondary to the charm of riches.

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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.

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We are just statistics, born to consume resources.

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The dispute is still before the judge.

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In Rome you long for the country. In the country you praise to the skies the distant town.

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The man who thinks with Horace thinks divine.

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The drunkard is convicted by his praises of wine.

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For a man learns more quickly and remembers more easily that which he laughs at, than that which he approves and reveres.

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I want to live, and die with you.

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In times of stress, be bold and valiant.

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Once a word has been allowed to escape, it cannot be recalled.

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Little folks become their little fate.

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