Poet Quotes by Horace

22 Poet quotes by Horace

Step into the world of Horace, where Roman wit meets lyrical precision. These 22 selections capture his take on the craft, offering a compact yet resonant glimpse of his poetic voice.

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The fellow is either a madman or a poet.

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Limbs of a dismembered poet.

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The poet must put on the passion he wants to represent.

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Poets wish to profit or to please.

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The man is either crazy or he is a poet.

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Poets are never allowed to be mediocre by the gods, by men or by publishers.

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I have to submit to much in order to pacify the touchy tribe of poets.

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Mediocrity in poets has never been tolerated by either men, or gods, or booksellers.

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Mediocrity is not allowed to poets, either by the gods or men.

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Painters and poets have equal license in regard to everything.

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The power of daring anything their fancy suggest, as always been conceded to the painter and the poet.

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Not gods, nor men, nor even booksellers have put up with poets' being second-rate.

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Poets, the first instructors of mankind, Brought all things to the proper native use.

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"Painters and poets," you say, "have always had an equal license in bold invention." We know; we claim the liberty for ourselves…

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He who studies to imitate the poet Pindar, O Julius, relies on artificial wings fastened on with wax, and is sure to…

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Many brave men lived before Agamemnon; but, all unwept and unknown, are lost in the distant night, since they are without a…

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If you rank me with the lyric poets, my exalted head shall strike the stars. [Lat., Quod si me lyricis vatibus inseris,…

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Painters and poets alike have always had license to dare anything! We know that, and we both claim and allow to others…

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

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The aim of the poet is to inform or delight, or to combine together, in what he says, both pleasure and applicability…

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The poets aim is either to profit or to please, or to blend in one the delightful and the useful. Whatever the…

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The man is either mad or his is making verses. [Lat., Aut insanit homo, aut versus facit.]

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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…

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

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

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

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A word, once sent abroad, flies irrevocably.

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

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

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

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

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