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Latin Quotes by Horace

47 Latin quotes by Horace

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Horace reminds us that we are 'dust and shadow,' fleeting and fragile. He offers simple advice like not carrying logs into the forest and finding a middle ground in plans. His verses also tease that a little folly can make serious projects more enjoyable.

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We are deceived by the appearance of right.

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One musts avoid that wicked temptress, Laziness.

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From the egg to the apple.

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“Pactum serva" - "Keep the faith”

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It is delightful to play the fool.

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Don't waste the opportunity.

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Half is done when the beginning is done.

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The grammarians are arguing.

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The same (hated) man will be loved after he's dead. How quickly we forget.

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Those who cross the sea, change sky, but not soul.

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The mad is either insane or he is composing verses.

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Welcome will arrived, the hour that was not hoped for.

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Remember to keep the mind calm in difficult moments.

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He, who has blended the useful with the sweet, has gained every point .

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I have erected amonument more lasting than bronze.

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Not worth is an example that does not solve the problem.

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Alas, Postumus, the fleeting years slip by, nor will piety give any stay to wrinkles and pressing old age and untamable death.

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“Saepa stilum vertas, iterum quae digna legi sint scripturas. (Turn the stylus [to erase] often if you would write something worthy of…

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People hiss at me, but I applaud myself in my own house, and at the same time contemplate the money in my…

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When putting words together is good to do it with nicety and caution, your elegance and talent will be evident if by…

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“Ut haec ipsa qui non sentiat deorum vim habere is nihil omnino sensurus esse videatur." If any man cannot feel the power…

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I want to live, and die with you.

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Carpe diem. (Seize the day.)

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One Sallow does not make Summer.

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The words can not return.

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The Cadiz tribe, not used to bearing our yoke.

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Limbs of a dismembered poet.

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Captive Greece took captive her savage conqueror.

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I shall not completely die.

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There is a middle ground in things.

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Don't carry logs into the forest.

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The glory is for those who deserve.

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Victory is by nature superb and insulting.

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The same night awaits us all.

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No, but you're wrong now, and always will be.

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No master can make me swear blind obedience.

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Capture the day, put minimum trust on tomorrow.

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The dispute is still before the judge.

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I am doubting what to do.

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Jokes aside, let us turn to serious matters.

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Strange - is it not? That of the myriads who Before us passed the door of Darkness through, Not one returns to tell us…

“Finxerunt animi, raro et perpauca loquentis. (To action little, less to words inclinded.)”

No verse can give pleasure for long, nor last, that is written by drinkers of water.

Fate with impartial hand turns out the doom of high and low; her capacious urn is constantly shaking the names of all mankind.

A word, once sent abroad, flies irrevocably.

“Natales grate numeras? (Do you count your birthdays with gratitude?)”

In a moment comes either death or joyful victory. [Lat., Horae Momento cita mors venit aut victoria laeta.]

Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori - It is a sweet and becoming thing to die for ones country.

Neither men, nor gods, nor booksellers' shelves permit ordinary poets to exist. [Lat., Mediocribus esse poetis Non homines, non di, non concessere columnae.]

Don't yield to that alluring witch, laziness, or else be prepared to surrender all that you have won in your better moments.

Avoid inquisitive persons, for they are sure to be gossips, their ears are open to hear, but they will not keep what is entrusted…

“You may drive out Nature with a pitchfork, yet she still will hurry back.”

There is a proper measure in all things, certain limits beyond which and short of which right is not to be found. Who so…

Never despair while under the guidance and auspices of Teucer.

Alas, Postumus, the fleeting years slip by, nor will piety give any stay to wrinkles and pressing old age and untamable death.