“Gold loves to make its way through guards, and breaks through barriers of stone more easily than the lightning's bolt.” Quote by Horace
“Nothing is difficult to mortals; we strive to reach heaven itself in our folly. [Lat., Nil mortalibus arduum est; Coelum ipsum petimus stultitia.]” HeavenDifficultStriveMortalsFolly Author:Horace
“Busy idleness urges us on. [Lat., Strenua nos exercet inertia.]” BusyUrgesIdlenessInertia Author:Horace
“Who loves the golden mean is safe from the poverty of a tenement, is free from the envy of a palace. [Lat., Auream quisquis mediocritatem deligit tutus caret obsoleti sordibus tecti, caret invidenda sobrius aula.]” MeanPovertySafeEnvyGoldenModerationPalacesTenementsGolden MeanTutus Author:Horace
“I have reared a memorial more enduring than brass, and loftier than the regal structure of the pyramids, which neither the corroding shower nor the powerless north wind can destroy; no, not even unending years nor the flight of time itself. I shall not entirely die. The greater part of me shall escape oblivion.” YearsDiesGreaterWindStructureSeriesEndureFlightShowersPowerlessOblivionMemorialPyramidsUnendingBrassRegalNorth Wind Author:Horace
“I live and reign since I have abandoned those pleasures which you by your praises extol to the skies. [Lat., Vivo et regno, simul ista reliqui Quae vos ad coelum effertis rumore secundo.]” PleasureSkyPraiseAbandonedAdsReign Author:Horace
“Neither men, nor gods, nor booksellers' shelves permit ordinary poets to exist. [Lat., Mediocribus esse poetis Non homines, non di, non concessere columnae.]” MenPoetOrdinaryPermitShelvesBooksellers Author:Horace
“If you rank me with the lyric poets, my exalted head shall strike the stars. [Lat., Quod si me lyricis vatibus inseris, Sublimi feriam sidera vertice.]” IfsStarsPoetStrikesExalted Author:Horace
“Poets, the first instructors of mankind, Brought all things to the proper native use.” FirstsUseMankindPoetAll ThingsNativeInstructors Author:Horace
