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Horace

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


— Horace


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A good and faithful judge ever prefers the honorable to the expedient.


— Horace


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


— Horace


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One wanders to the left, another to the right. Both are equally in error, but, are seduced by different delusions.


— Horace


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A word, once sent abroad, flies irrevocably.


— Horace


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


— Horace


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Begin, be bold and venture to be wise.


— Horace


#bold #venture #wise

Fortune makes a fool of those she favors too much.


— Horace


#fool #fortune #makes #much #she

Good sense is both the first principal and the parent source of good writing.


— Horace


#first #good #good sense #good writing #parent

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


— Horace


#alone #books #derived






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Did you know about Horace?

Some of his iambic poetry has seemed repulsive to modern audiences. Life
Most of what we know about Horace comes from a short biography probably written by Suetonius (Vita Horati) and from Horace's own poetry. In that case young Horace could have felt himself to be a Roman though there are also indications that he regarded himself as a Samnite or Sabellus by birth.

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Horace also crafted elegant hexameter verses (Sermones and Epistles) and caustic iambic poetry (Epodes). His poetry became "the common currency of civilization" and he still retains a devoted following despite some loss of popularity after World War I (perhaps due to mistrust of old-fashioned patriotism and imperial glory with which he had become associated). Some of his iambic poetry has seemed repulsive to modern audiences.

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