Horace Quotes - Page 36

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• There is measure in all things.

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  All Things

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• There are as many preferences as there are men.

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  Men, Preference

  Horace (1963). “The Complete Works of Horace”

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• Dismiss the old horse in good time, lest he fail in the lists and the spectators laugh.

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  Retirement, Horse, Laughing

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• While I am sane I shall compare nothing to the joy of a friend.

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  Latin, Joy, Compare

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• We are just statistics, born to consume resources.

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  Statistics, Born, Resources

  'Epistles' bk. 1, no. 2, l. 27

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• Carpe diem. (Seize the day.)

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  Movie, Wise, Latin

  Horace, Jeffrey H. Kaimowitz (2008). “The Odes of Horace”, p.27, JHU Press

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• Painters and poets have equal license in regard to everything.

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  Art, Poet, Equal

  "Ars Poetica" (18 BC), 9, as quoted in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations, p. 43-45, 1922.

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• And Tragedy should blush as much to stoop To the low mimic follies of a farce, As a grave matron would to dance with girls.

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  Girl, Tragedy, Acting

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• Is virtue raised by culture, or self-sown?

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  Self, Culture, Virtue

  Horace (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Horace (Illustrated)”, p.392, Delphi Classics

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• I am not bound over to swear allegiance to any master; where the storm drives me I turn in for shelter.

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  Loyalty, Storm, Shelter

  "The Epistles" by Horace, Book I, epistle i, line 14,

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• The changing year's successive plan Proclaims mortality to man.

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  Men, Years, Mortality

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

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• Desiring things widely different for their various tastes.

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  Different, Taste, Various

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• He who sings the praises of his boyhood's days.

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  Boyhood, Praise

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• Seize the day, trusting as little as possible in the future.

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  Seize The Day, Littles, Seize The Moment

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• Let your poem be kept nine years.

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  Years, Poetry, Nine

  "Ars Poetica". Poem by Horace, , 388, 18 BC.

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• Now is the time for drinking; now the time to beat the earth with unfettered foot.

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  Drinking, Feet, Earth

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• Mingle some brief folly with wisdom now: To be foolish is sweet at times.

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  Wisdom, Folly

  "The Odes of Horace".

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• This was my prayer: an adequate portion of land with a garden and a spring of water and a small wood to complete the picture.

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  Wisdom, Prayer, Spring

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• Little folks become their little fate.

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  Fate, Littles, Folks

  Horace, Philip Francis (1779). “A Poetical Translation of the Works of Horace: With Notes Collected from His Best Latin and French Commentators”, p.348

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