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A quotation from Horace

But like a general, a host displays
his genius best under disaster.
 
[Sed convivatoris uti ducis ingenium res
Adversae nudare solent, celare secundae.]

Horace (65–8 BC) Roman poet, satirist, soldier, politician [Quintus Horatius Flaccus]
Satires [Saturae, Sermones], Book 2, # 8 “Ut Nasidieni,” l. 73ff (2.8.73-74) (30 BC) [tr. Matthews (2002)]

More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/horace/1956/

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A quotation from Horace

But like a general, a host displays
his genius best under disaster.
 
[Sed convivatoris uti ducis ingenium res
Adversae nudare solent, celare secundae.]

Horace (65–8 BC) Roman poet, satirist, soldier, politician [Quintus Horatius Flaccus]
Satires [Saturae, Sermones], Book 2, # 8 “Ut Nasidieni,” l. 73ff (2.8.73-74) (30 BC) [tr. Matthews (2002)]

More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/horace/1956/

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A quotation from Horace

But like a general, a host displays
his genius best under disaster.
 
[Sed convivatoris uti ducis ingenium res
Adversae nudare solent, celare secundae.]

Horace (65–8 BC) Roman poet, satirist, soldier, politician [Quintus Horatius Flaccus]
Satires [Saturae, Sermones], Book 2, # 8 “Ut Nasidieni,” l. 73ff (2.8.73-74) (30 BC) [tr. Matthews (2002)]

More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/horace/1956/

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A quotation from Horace

But like a general, a host displays
his genius best under disaster.
 
[Sed convivatoris uti ducis ingenium res
Adversae nudare solent, celare secundae.]

Horace (65–8 BC) Roman poet, satirist, soldier, politician [Quintus Horatius Flaccus]
Satires [Saturae, Sermones], Book 2, # 8 “Ut Nasidieni,” l. 73ff (2.8.73-74) (30 BC) [tr. Matthews (2002)]

More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/horace/1956/

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A quotation from Marcus Aurelius

Accept modestly; surrender gracefully.
 
[Ἄτύφως μὲν λαβεῖν, εὐλύτως δὲ ἀφεῖναι.]

Marcus Aurelius (AD 121-180) Roman emperor (161-180), Stoic philosopher
Meditations [To Himself; Τὰ εἰς ἑαυτόν], Book 6, ch. 33 (8.33) (AD 161-180) [tr. Staniforth (1964)]

More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/marcus-aureleus/8313…

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A quotation from Marcus Aurelius

Accept modestly; surrender gracefully.
 
[Ἄτύφως μὲν λαβεῖν, εὐλύτως δὲ ἀφεῖναι.]

Marcus Aurelius (AD 121-180) Roman emperor (161-180), Stoic philosopher
Meditations [To Himself; Τὰ εἰς ἑαυτόν], Book 6, ch. 33 (8.33) (AD 161-180) [tr. Staniforth (1964)]

More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/marcus-aureleus/8313…

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A quotation from Marcus Aurelius

Accept modestly; surrender gracefully.
 
[Ἄτύφως μὲν λαβεῖν, εὐλύτως δὲ ἀφεῖναι.]

Marcus Aurelius (AD 121-180) Roman emperor (161-180), Stoic philosopher
Meditations [To Himself; Τὰ εἰς ἑαυτόν], Book 6, ch. 33 (8.33) (AD 161-180) [tr. Staniforth (1964)]

More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/marcus-aureleus/8313…

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A quotation from Marcus Aurelius

Accept modestly; surrender gracefully.
 
[Ἄτύφως μὲν λαβεῖν, εὐλύτως δὲ ἀφεῖναι.]

Marcus Aurelius (AD 121-180) Roman emperor (161-180), Stoic philosopher
Meditations [To Himself; Τὰ εἰς ἑαυτόν], Book 6, ch. 33 (8.33) (AD 161-180) [tr. Staniforth (1964)]

More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/marcus-aureleus/8313…

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A quotation from Marcus Aurelius

Accept modestly; surrender gracefully.
 
[Ἄτύφως μὲν λαβεῖν, εὐλύτως δὲ ἀφεῖναι.]

Marcus Aurelius (AD 121-180) Roman emperor (161-180), Stoic philosopher
Meditations [To Himself; Τὰ εἰς ἑαυτόν], Book 6, ch. 33 (8.33) (AD 161-180) [tr. Staniforth (1964)]

More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/marcus-aureleus/8313…

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A quotation from Horace

A man who gets too happy when prosperity comes
trembles when it goes.
 
                    [Quem res plus nimio delectavere secundae,
mutatae quatient.]

Horace (65-8 BC) Roman poet, satirist, soldier, politician [Quintus Horatius Flaccus]
Epistles [Epistularum, Letters], Book 1, ep. 10 “To Aristius Fuscus,” l. 30ff (1.10.30-31) (20 BC) [tr. Fuchs (1977)]

More info about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/horace/28181/

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A quotation from Horace

A man who gets too happy when prosperity comes
trembles when it goes.
 
                    [Quem res plus nimio delectavere secundae,
mutatae quatient.]

Horace (65-8 BC) Roman poet, satirist, soldier, politician [Quintus Horatius Flaccus]
Epistles [Epistularum, Letters], Book 1, ep. 10 “To Aristius Fuscus,” l. 30ff (1.10.30-31) (20 BC) [tr. Fuchs (1977)]

More info about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/horace/28181/

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A quotation from Horace

A man who gets too happy when prosperity comes
trembles when it goes.
 
                    [Quem res plus nimio delectavere secundae,
mutatae quatient.]

Horace (65-8 BC) Roman poet, satirist, soldier, politician [Quintus Horatius Flaccus]
Epistles [Epistularum, Letters], Book 1, ep. 10 “To Aristius Fuscus,” l. 30ff (1.10.30-31) (20 BC) [tr. Fuchs (1977)]

More info about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/horace/28181/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #horace #adversity #badfortune #badluck #chance #change #coping #despair #elation #failure #fate #fortune #goodfortune #goodluck #happenstance #happiness #luck #mood #prosperity #resilience #success

A quotation from Horace

A man who gets too happy when prosperity comes
trembles when it goes.
 
                    [Quem res plus nimio delectavere secundae,
mutatae quatient.]

Horace (65-8 BC) Roman poet, satirist, soldier, politician [Quintus Horatius Flaccus]
Epistles [Epistularum, Letters], Book 1, ep. 10 “To Aristius Fuscus,” l. 30ff (1.10.30-31) (20 BC) [tr. Fuchs (1977)]

More info about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/horace/28181/

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A quotation from Horace

O Fortune, cruellest of heavenly powers,
Why make such game of this poor life of ours?
 
[Heu, Fortuna, quis est crudelior in nos
Te Deus? Ut semper gaudes illudere rebus
Humanis!]

Horace (65-8 BC) Roman poet, satirist, soldier, politician [Quintus Horatius Flaccus]
Satires [Saturae, Sermones], Book 2, # 8, “Ut Nasidieni,” l. 61ff (2.8.61-63) (30 BC) [tr. Conington (1874)]

Sourcing, notes, other translations: wist.info/horace/78146/

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A quotation from Horace

But like a general, a host displays
his genius best under disaster.
 
[Sed convivatoris uti ducis ingenium res
Adversae nudare solent, celare secundae.]

Horace (65-8 BC) Roman poet, satirist, soldier, politician [Quintus Horatius Flaccus]
Satires [Saturae, Sermones], Book 2, # 8, “Ut Nasidieni,” l. 73ff (2.8.73-74) (30 BC) [tr. Matthews (2002)]

Sourcing, notes, other translations: wist.info/horace/1956/

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A quotation from Horace

So live, my boys, as brave men; and if fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts.
 
                              [Quocirca vivite fortes
fortiaque adversis opponite pectora rebus.]

Horace (65-8 BC) Roman poet, satirist, soldier, politician [Quintus Horatius Flaccus]
Satires [Saturae, Sermones], Book 2, # 2, “Quae virtus et quanta,” l. 135ff (2.2.135-136) (30 BC) [tr. Wickham (1903)]

Sourcing, notes, other translations: wist.info/horace/76809/

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A quotation from Ella Wheeler Wilcox

It is easy enough to be pleasant,
   When life flows by like a song,
But the man worth while is one who will smile,
   When everything goes dead wrong.

Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1850-1919) American author, poet, temperance advocate, spiritualist
Poem (1892), “Worth While,” st. 1, An Erring Woman’s Love

Sourcing, notes: wist.info/wilcox-ella-wheeler/…

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