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Famous Horace Quotes
“That I make poetry and give pleasure - if I give pleasure - are because of you.”
“All powerful money gives birth and beauty. [Lat., Et genus et formam regina pecunia donat.]”
“If you cannot conduct yourself with propriety, give place to those who can.”
Source: Horace for English Readers: Being a Translation of the Poems of Quintus Horatius Flaccus Into English Prose
Source: The Satires of Horace and Persius
“If it is well with your belly, chest and feet - the wealth of kings can't give you more.”
“No verse can give pleasure for long, nor last, that is written by drinkers of water.”