Horace (Writer)

Life grants nothing to us mortals without hard work. ➡

Never despair... ➡

Quamquam ridentem dicere verum quid vetat ? ut pueris olim dant crustula blandi doctores, elementa velint ut discere prima. ➡

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

Inde fit ut raro, qui se vixisse beatum dicat et exacto contentus tempore vita cedat uti conviva satur, reperire queamus. ➡

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. ➡

Nil sine magno vita labore dedit mortalibus. ➡

In peace, as a wise man, he should make suitable preparation for war. ➡

I have made a monument more lasting than bronze. ➡

Nil desperandum... ➡

Permitte divis cetera. ➡

...dum loquimur, fugerit invida aetas: carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero. ➡

O matre pulchra filia pulchrior ➡

Nunc est bibendum, nunc pede libero pulsanda tellus. ➡

Aequam memento rebus in arduis servare mentem. ➡

Auream quisquis mediocritatem diligit, tutus caret obsoleti sordibus tecti, caret invidenda sobrius aula. ➡

Si fractus illabatur orbis, impavidum ferient ruinae. ➡

Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori. ➡

Iustum et tenacem propositi virum non civium ardor prava iubentium, non vultus instantis tyranni mente quatit solida. ➡

Vis consili expers mole ruit sua. ➡

Magnus inter opes inops. ➡

Ille potens sui laetusque deget, cui licet in diem dixisse "vixi: cras vel atra nube polum pater occupato vel sole puro." ➡

Exegi monumentum aere perennius ➡

Pulvis et umbra sumus. ➡

Vixere fortes ante Agamemnona. Brave men were living before Agamemnon. ➡

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

To flee vice is the beginning of virtue, and to have got rid of folly is the beginning of wisdom. ➡

He who has begun has half done. Dare to be wise; begin! ➡

Nullius addictus iurare in verba magistri, quo me cumque rapit tempestas, deferor hospes. ➡

Virtus est vitium fugere et sapientia prima stultitia caruisse. ➡

Nos numerus sumus et fruges consumere nati. ➡

Dimidium facti qui coepit habet; sapere aude; incipe! ➡

Semper avarus eget. ➡

Ira furor brevis est: animum rege: qui nisi paret imperat. ➡

Omnem crede diem tibi diluxisse supremum. grata superveniet, quae non sperabitur hora. ➡

Me pinguem et nitidum bene curata cute vises, cum ridere voles Epicuri de grege porcum. ➡

Naturam expellas furca, tamen usque recurret. ➡

Caelum, non animum mutant, qui trans mare currunt. ➡

Pauper enim non est, cui rerum suppetit usus. si ventri bene, si lateri est pedibusque tuis, nil divitiae poterunt regales addere maius. ➡

Quid velit et possit rerum concordia discors ➡

Nam neque divitibus contingunt gaudia solis, nec vixit male, qui natus moriensque fefellit. ➡

Sedit qui timuit ne non succederet. ➡

Semel emissum volat irrevocabile verbum. ➡

Qualem commendes, etiam atque etiam aspice, ne mox incutiant aliena tibi peccata pudorem. ➡

Nam tua res agitur, paries cum proximus ardet. ➡

Graecia capta ferum victorem cepit et artes intulit agresti Latio. ➡

Singula de nobis anni praedantur euntes. ➡

Natales grate numeras? ➡

The mountains will be in labor, and a ridiculous mouse will be brought forth. ➡

Inceptis gravibus plerumque et magna professis purpureus, late qui splendeat, unus et alter adsuitur pannus. ➡

Brevis esse laboro, obscurus fio. ➡

Si vis me flere, dolendum est primum ipsi tibi. ➡

Difficile est proprie communia dicere. ➡

Parturient montes, nascetur ridiculus mus. ➡

Grais ingenium, Grais dedit ore rotundo Musa loqui, pr ➡

Omne tulit punctum qui miscuit utile dulci, lectorem delectando pariterque monendo. ➡

Indignor quandoque bonus dormitat Homerus; ➡

A picture is a poem without words. ➡

Mix a little foolishness with your serious plans. It is lovely to be silly at the right moment. ➡

Remember when life's path is steep to keep your mind even. ➡

Your own safety is at stake when your neighbor's wall is ablaze. ➡

Seize the day, and put the least possible trust in tomorrow. ➡

What we learn only through the ears makes less impression upon our minds than what is presented to the trustworthy eye. ➡

Life is largely a matter of expectation. ➡

It is the false shame of fools to try to conceal wounds that have not healed. ➡

Always keep your composure. You can't score from the penalty box; and to win, you have to score. ➡

A heart well prepared for adversity in bad times hopes, and in good times fears for a change in fortune. ➡

The foolish are like ripples on water, For whatsoever they do is quickly effaced; But the righteous are like carvings upon stone, For their smallest act is durable. ➡

Pale Death beats equally at the poor man's gate and at the palaces of kings. ➡

Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents, which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant. ➡

Why do you hasten to remove anything which hurts your eye, while if something affects your soul you postpone the cure until next year? ➡

Usually the modest person passes for someone reserved, the silent for a sullen person. ➡

We rarely find anyone who can say he has lived a happy life, and who, content with his life, can retire from the world like a satisfied guest. ➡

The one who cannot restrain their anger will wish undone, what their temper and irritation prompted them to do. ➡

Great effort is required to arrest decay and restore vigor. One must exercise proper deliberation, plan carefully before making a move, and be alert in guarding against relapse following a renaissance. ➡

The pen is the tongue of the mind. ➡

He who postpones the hour of living is like the rustic who waits for the river to run out before he crosses. ➡

Cease to inquire what the future has in store, and take as a gift whatever the day brings forth. ➡

Wisdom is not wisdom when it is derived from books alone. ➡

Adversity reveals genius, prosperity conceals it. ➡

It is courage, courage, courage, that raises the blood of life to crimson splendor. Live bravely and present a brave front to adversity. ➡

Whatever advice you give, be brief. ➡

Nequiquam deus abscidit Prudens Oceano dissociabili Terras, si tamen impiae Non tangenda rates transiliunt vada.In vain did Natures wife command Divide the waters from the land, If daring ships and men profane, Invade th inviolable main. Book I, ode iii, line 21 trans. by John Dryden. ➡

Mediocribus esse poetis Non homines, non di, non concessere columnae.Mediocrity in poets has never been tolerated by either men, or gods, or booksellers. Lines 372-373 ➡

To save a mans life against his will is the same as killing him. ➡

Ars longa, vita brevis.Art is long, life is short. Senecas De Brevitate Vitae, 1.1 Latin translation of the Greek by Hippocrates. ➡

As for me, when you want a good laugh, you will find me in fine state fat and sleek, a true hog of Epicurus herd. ➡

Singula de nobis anni praedantur euntes.The years as they pass plunder us of one thing after another. Book II, epistle ii, line 55. ➡

The secret of all good writing is sound judgment. ➡

To have a great man for a friend seems pleasant to those who have never tried it; those who have, fear it. ➡

Nam tua res agitur, paries cum proximus ardet.It is your concern when your neighbors wall is on fire. Book I, epistle xviii, line 84. ➡

Si fractus illabatur orbis, impavidum ferient ruinae.If the world should break and fall on him, it would strike him fearless. Book III, ode iii, line 7. ➡

1 Quotes1.1 Satires c. 35 BC and 30 BC 1.2 Odes c. 23 BC and 13 BC 1.3 Epistles c. 20 BC and 14 BC 1.4 Ars Poetica, or The Epistle to the Pisones c. 18 BC ➡

Adclinis falsis animus meliora recusat.The mind enamored with deceptive things, declines things better.Book II, satire ii, line 6 ➡

Dum licet, in rebus jucundis vive beatus; Vive memor quam sis aevi brevis.Then take, good sir, your pleasure while you may; With life so short twere wrong to lose a day. Book II, satire viii, line 96 trans. Conington. ➡

He wins every hand who mingles profit with pleasure, by delighting and instructing the reader at the same time. ➡

Ille potens sui laetusque deget, cui licet in diem dixisse vixi: cras vel atra nube polum pater occupato vel sole puro.He will through life be master of himself and a happy man who from day to day can have said, I have lived: tomorrow the Father may fill the sky with black clouds or with cloudless sunshine. Book III, ode xxix, line 41.Cf. Drydens paraphrase: Happy the man, and happy he alone, He, who can call to day his own: He who, secure within, can say, To-morrow do thy worst, for I have lived to-day. ➡

Ira furor brevis est: animum rege: qui nisi paret imperat.Anger is a momentary madness so control your passion or it will control you. Book I, epistle ii, line 62. ➡

Nec satis apparet, cur versus factitet.None knows the reason why this curse Was sent on him, this love of making verse. Line 470 trans. Conington. ➡

Scribendi recte sapere est et principium et fons.To have good sense, is the first principle and fountain of writing well.Line 309. ➡