“And Tragedy should blush as much to stoop To the low mimic follies of a farce, As a grave matron would to dance with girls.” ShouldGirlActingLowsTragedyGravesFollyStoopsFarce Author:Horace
“Happy he who far from business, like the primitive are of mortals, cultivates with his own oxen the fields of his fathers, free from all anxieties of gain.” FatherFieldsAnxietyGainsMortalsPrimitiveAgricultureOxen Author:Horace
“Whom does undeserved honour please, and undeserved blame alarm, but the base and the liar?” DoePleaseBlameLiarsHonourAlarms Author:Horace
“The brave are born from the brave and good. In steers and in horses is to be found the excellence of their sire; nor do savage eagles produce a peaceful dove.” FoundBornProduceHorseBraveExcellencePeacefulSavagesEaglesDoveSteersAncestry Author:Horace
“For example, the tiny ant, a creature of great industry, drags with its mouth whatever it can, and adds it to the heap which she is piling up, not unaware nor careless of the future.” ExampleIndustryCreaturesMouthsAddTinyDragAntsCareless Author:Horace
“Painters and poets have equal license in regard to everything.” ArtPoetEqualRegardPainterLicense Author:Horace
“There are calumnies against which even innocence loses courage.” LosesInnocenceCalumnyCalumny Is Author:Horace
“The cook cares not a bit for toil, toil, if the fowl be plump and fat” IfsCareBitsCaringFatsCooksToilFowl Author:Horace
