Qintus Horatius Flaccus
Ancient Rome
8 Dec -65 // 27 Nov -8
Poet
8 Dec -65 // 27 Nov -8
Poet
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Enjoy thankfully any happy hour heaven may send you, nor think that your delights will keep till another year
Death is the ultimate boundary of human matters
Consider well what your strength is equal to, and what exceeds your ability
Consider well what your shoulders are able to bear
Catch the opportunity while it lasts, and rely not on what tomorrow may bring
Believe that each day is the last to shine upon thee
Be cautious as to what you say of men, and to whom you speak it
As many men as there are existing, so many are their different pursuits
Abridge your hopes in proportion to the shortness of the span of human life; for while we converse, the hours, as if envious of our pleasure, fly away: enjoy, therefore, the present time, and trust not too much to what tomorrow may produce
A hungry stomach rarely despises rough food
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
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On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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