Fellows Quote by Horace Download Open image “The fellow is either a madman or a poet.” — Horace ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.6 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Fellows Madmen Poet Poetry
[defines a madman as] a man who preferred to become mad,in the socially accepted sense of the word, rather than forfeit a certain superior… — Antonin Artaud Copy Share Image
Poetry demands a man with a special gift for it, or else one with a touch of madness in him. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
“Lovers and madmen have such seething brains, Such shaping fantasies, that apprehend More than cool reason ever comprehends. The lunatic, the lover and the… — Shakespeare William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
A madman's ravings are absurd in relation to the situation in which he finds himself, but not in relation to his madness. — Jean-Paul Sartre Copy Share Image
“There is also a third kind of madness, which is possession by the Muses, enters into a delicate and virgin soul, and there inspiring… — Plato Copy Share Image
A madman is one who considers himself sane and thinks that fools dont belong in his rank. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The poet should even act his story with the very gestures of his personages. Given the same natural qualifications, he who feels the emotions… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
And what is an authentic madman? It is a man who preferred to become mad, in the socially accepted sense of the word, rather… — Antonin Artaud Copy Share Image
Strange - is it not? That of the myriads who Before us passed the door of Darkness through, Not one returns to tell us… — Horace Copy Share Image
“Finxerunt animi, raro et perpauca loquentis. (To action little, less to words inclinded.)” — Horace Copy Share Image
No verse can give pleasure for long, nor last, that is written by drinkers of water. — Horace Copy Share Image
Fate with impartial hand turns out the doom of high and low; her capacious urn is constantly shaking the names of all mankind. — Horace Copy Share Image
In a moment comes either death or joyful victory. [Lat., Horae Momento cita mors venit aut victoria laeta.] — Horace Copy Share Image
Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori - It is a sweet and becoming thing to die for ones country. — Horace Copy Share Image
Neither men, nor gods, nor booksellers' shelves permit ordinary poets to exist. [Lat., Mediocribus esse poetis Non homines, non di, non concessere columnae.] — Horace Copy Share Image
Don't yield to that alluring witch, laziness, or else be prepared to surrender all that you have won in your better moments. — Horace Copy Share Image
Avoid inquisitive persons, for they are sure to be gossips, their ears are open to hear, but they will not keep what is entrusted… — Horace Copy Share Image
“You may drive out Nature with a pitchfork, yet she still will hurry back.” — Horace Copy Share Image
You know, by the time you reach my age, you've made plenty of mistakes if you've lived your life properly. So you learn. You… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
... a fellow can't predict what he will pick up in the form of influence. — Saul Bellow Copy Share Image
In proportion as our inward life fails, we go more constantly and desperately to the post office. You may depend on it, that the… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
I have thoroughly tried school-keeping, and found that my expenses were in proportion, or rather out of proportion, to my income,for I was obliged… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
The first person who, having enclosed a plot of land, took it into his head to say this is mine and found people simple… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
You are my inspiration and my folly. You are my light across the sea, my million nameless joys, and my day's wage. You are… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
There is only one good substitute for the endearments of a sister, and that is the endearments of some other fellow's sister. — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
If you take the the insults of your fellow human beings personally, you will be offended for the rest of your life. — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
When indeed shall we learn that we are all related one to the other, that we are all members of one body? Until the… — Helen Keller Copy Share Image
I am by nature the most intolerant and insular Englishman... If you happen to be a person like that and you learn from evidence… — Hugh Dowding, 1st Baron Dowding Copy Share Image
True, the fragile bodies of his fellows do not weigh down his plane; true, the fretful minds of weaker men are missing from his… — Charles Lindbergh Copy Share Image