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Horace

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I strive to be brief but I become obscure.


— Horace


#brief #i #obscure #strive

I teach that all men are mad.


— Horace


#mad #men #teach

If matters go badly now, they will not always be so.


— Horace


#badly #go #matters #now #will

If you would have me weep, you must first of all feel grief yourself.


— Horace


#first #first of all #grief #me #must

In labouring to be concise, I become obscure.


— Horace


#concise #i #labouring #obscure

It is a sweet and seemly thing to die for one's country.


— Horace


#die #sweet #thing

It is of no consequence of what parents a man is born, as long as he be a man of merit.


— Horace


#born #consequence #long #man #merit

It is your business when the wall next door catches fire.


— Horace


#catches #door #fire #next #next door

Labor diligently to increase your property.


— Horace


#increase #labor #property #your

Lawyers are men who hire out their words and anger.


— Horace


#hire #lawyers #men #out #their






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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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