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  1. A quotation from Horace

    There was a stag, once, who could always defeat a stallion
    And drive him out of their pasture — until, tired of losing,
    The horse begged help of man, and got a bridle in return.
    He beat the stag, all right, and he laughed — but then the rider
    Stayed on his back, and the bit stayed in his mouth.
    Give up your freedom, more worried about poverty than something
    Greater than any sum of gold, and become a slave and stay
    A slave forever, unable to live on only enough.
     
    [Cervus equum pugna melior communibus herbis
    pellebat, donec minor in certamine longo
    imploravit opes hominis frenumque recepit;
    sed postquam victor violins discessit ab hoste,
    non equitem dorso, non frenum depulit ore.
    Sic qui pauperiem veritus potiore metallis
    libertate caret, dominum vehet improbus atque
    serviet aeternum, quia parvo nesciet uti.]

    Horace (65–8 BC) Roman poet, satirist, soldier, politician [Quintus Horatius Flaccus]
    Epistles [Epistularum, Letters], Book 1, ep. 10 “To Aristius Fuscus,” l. 34ff (1.10.34-41) (20 BC) [tr. Raffel (1983)]

    More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/horace/80424/

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  2. A quotation from Horace

    There was a stag, once, who could always defeat a stallion
    And drive him out of their pasture — until, tired of losing,
    The horse begged help of man, and got a bridle in return.
    He beat the stag, all right, and he laughed — but then the rider
    Stayed on his back, and the bit stayed in his mouth.
    Give up your freedom, more worried about poverty than something
    Greater than any sum of gold, and become a slave and stay
    A slave forever, unable to live on only enough.
     
    [Cervus equum pugna melior communibus herbis
    pellebat, donec minor in certamine longo
    imploravit opes hominis frenumque recepit;
    sed postquam victor violins discessit ab hoste,
    non equitem dorso, non frenum depulit ore.
    Sic qui pauperiem veritus potiore metallis
    libertate caret, dominum vehet improbus atque
    serviet aeternum, quia parvo nesciet uti.]

    Horace (65–8 BC) Roman poet, satirist, soldier, politician [Quintus Horatius Flaccus]
    Epistles [Epistularum, Letters], Book 1, ep. 10 “To Aristius Fuscus,” l. 34ff (1.10.34-41) (20 BC) [tr. Raffel (1983)]

    More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/horace/80424/

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  3. A quotation from Horace

    There was a stag, once, who could always defeat a stallion
    And drive him out of their pasture — until, tired of losing,
    The horse begged help of man, and got a bridle in return.
    He beat the stag, all right, and he laughed — but then the rider
    Stayed on his back, and the bit stayed in his mouth.
    Give up your freedom, more worried about poverty than something
    Greater than any sum of gold, and become a slave and stay
    A slave forever, unable to live on only enough.
     
    [Cervus equum pugna melior communibus herbis
    pellebat, donec minor in certamine longo
    imploravit opes hominis frenumque recepit;
    sed postquam victor violins discessit ab hoste,
    non equitem dorso, non frenum depulit ore.
    Sic qui pauperiem veritus potiore metallis
    libertate caret, dominum vehet improbus atque
    serviet aeternum, quia parvo nesciet uti.]

    Horace (65–8 BC) Roman poet, satirist, soldier, politician [Quintus Horatius Flaccus]
    Epistles [Epistularum, Letters], Book 1, ep. 10 “To Aristius Fuscus,” l. 34ff (1.10.34-41) (20 BC) [tr. Raffel (1983)]

    More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/horace/80424/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #horace #avarice #bit #bridle #control #economy #enough #fear #financialsecurity #freedom #frugality #greed #impoverishment #insecurity #liberty #master #poverty #selfsufficiency #servility #sufficiency #worry

  4. A quotation from Horace

    There was a stag, once, who could always defeat a stallion
    And drive him out of their pasture — until, tired of losing,
    The horse begged help of man, and got a bridle in return.
    He beat the stag, all right, and he laughed — but then the rider
    Stayed on his back, and the bit stayed in his mouth.
    Give up your freedom, more worried about poverty than something
    Greater than any sum of gold, and become a slave and stay
    A slave forever, unable to live on only enough.
     
    [Cervus equum pugna melior communibus herbis
    pellebat, donec minor in certamine longo
    imploravit opes hominis frenumque recepit;
    sed postquam victor violins discessit ab hoste,
    non equitem dorso, non frenum depulit ore.
    Sic qui pauperiem veritus potiore metallis
    libertate caret, dominum vehet improbus atque
    serviet aeternum, quia parvo nesciet uti.]

    Horace (65–8 BC) Roman poet, satirist, soldier, politician [Quintus Horatius Flaccus]
    Epistles [Epistularum, Letters], Book 1, ep. 10 “To Aristius Fuscus,” l. 34ff (1.10.34-41) (20 BC) [tr. Raffel (1983)]

    More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/horace/80424/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #horace #avarice #bit #bridle #control #economy #enough #fear #financialsecurity #freedom #frugality #greed #impoverishment #insecurity #liberty #master #poverty #selfsufficiency #servility #sufficiency #worry

  5. A quotation from Horace

    There was a stag, once, who could always defeat a stallion
    And drive him out of their pasture — until, tired of losing,
    The horse begged help of man, and got a bridle in return.
    He beat the stag, all right, and he laughed — but then the rider
    Stayed on his back, and the bit stayed in his mouth.
    Give up your freedom, more worried about poverty than something
    Greater than any sum of gold, and become a slave and stay
    A slave forever, unable to live on only enough.
     
    [Cervus equum pugna melior communibus herbis
    pellebat, donec minor in certamine longo
    imploravit opes hominis frenumque recepit;
    sed postquam victor violins discessit ab hoste,
    non equitem dorso, non frenum depulit ore.
    Sic qui pauperiem veritus potiore metallis
    libertate caret, dominum vehet improbus atque
    serviet aeternum, quia parvo nesciet uti.]

    Horace (65–8 BC) Roman poet, satirist, soldier, politician [Quintus Horatius Flaccus]
    Epistles [Epistularum, Letters], Book 1, ep. 10 “To Aristius Fuscus,” l. 34ff (1.10.34-41) (20 BC) [tr. Raffel (1983)]

    More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/horace/80424/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #horace #avarice #bit #bridle #control #economy #enough #fear #financialsecurity #freedom #frugality #greed #impoverishment #insecurity #liberty #master #poverty #selfsufficiency #servility #sufficiency #worry

  6. A quotation from Horace

    Of lingering and gain-seeking make an end;
    Think, while there’s time, how soon Death’s pyre may blaze;
    And some brief folly mix with prudent ways:
       At the fit hour ’tis sweet to unbend.
     
    [Verum pone moras et studium lucri
    nigrorumque memor, dum licet, ignium
    misce stultitiam consiliis brevem:
    dulce est desipere in loco.]

    Horace (65–8 BC) Roman poet, satirist, soldier, politician [Quintus Horatius Flaccus]
    Odes [Carmina], Book 4, # 12, l. 25ff (4.12.25-28) (13 BC) [tr. Marshall (1908)]

    More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/horace/73650/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #horace #business #carpediem #celebration #death #enjoyment #folly #foolishness #holiday #mortality #party #revelry #seizetheday #silliness #vacation #work #workaholic

  7. A quotation from Horace

    Of lingering and gain-seeking make an end;
    Think, while there’s time, how soon Death’s pyre may blaze;
    And some brief folly mix with prudent ways:
       At the fit hour ’tis sweet to unbend.
     
    [Verum pone moras et studium lucri
    nigrorumque memor, dum licet, ignium
    misce stultitiam consiliis brevem:
    dulce est desipere in loco.]

    Horace (65–8 BC) Roman poet, satirist, soldier, politician [Quintus Horatius Flaccus]
    Odes [Carmina], Book 4, # 12, l. 25ff (4.12.25-28) (13 BC) [tr. Marshall (1908)]

    More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/horace/73650/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #horace #business #carpediem #celebration #death #enjoyment #folly #foolishness #holiday #mortality #party #revelry #seizetheday #silliness #vacation #work #workaholic

  8. A quotation from Horace

    Of lingering and gain-seeking make an end;
    Think, while there’s time, how soon Death’s pyre may blaze;
    And some brief folly mix with prudent ways:
       At the fit hour ’tis sweet to unbend.
     
    [Verum pone moras et studium lucri
    nigrorumque memor, dum licet, ignium
    misce stultitiam consiliis brevem:
    dulce est desipere in loco.]

    Horace (65–8 BC) Roman poet, satirist, soldier, politician [Quintus Horatius Flaccus]
    Odes [Carmina], Book 4, # 12, l. 25ff (4.12.25-28) (13 BC) [tr. Marshall (1908)]

    More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/horace/73650/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #horace #business #carpediem #celebration #death #enjoyment #folly #foolishness #holiday #mortality #party #revelry #seizetheday #silliness #vacation #work #workaholic

  9. A quotation from Horace

    Of lingering and gain-seeking make an end;
    Think, while there’s time, how soon Death’s pyre may blaze;
    And some brief folly mix with prudent ways:
       At the fit hour ’tis sweet to unbend.
     
    [Verum pone moras et studium lucri
    nigrorumque memor, dum licet, ignium
    misce stultitiam consiliis brevem:
    dulce est desipere in loco.]

    Horace (65–8 BC) Roman poet, satirist, soldier, politician [Quintus Horatius Flaccus]
    Odes [Carmina], Book 4, # 12, l. 25ff (4.12.25-28) (13 BC) [tr. Marshall (1908)]

    More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/horace/73650/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #horace #business #carpediem #celebration #death #enjoyment #folly #foolishness #holiday #mortality #party #revelry #seizetheday #silliness #vacation #work #workaholic

  10. A quotation from Horace

    Of lingering and gain-seeking make an end;
    Think, while there’s time, how soon Death’s pyre may blaze;
    And some brief folly mix with prudent ways:
       At the fit hour ’tis sweet to unbend.
     
    [Verum pone moras et studium lucri
    nigrorumque memor, dum licet, ignium
    misce stultitiam consiliis brevem:
    dulce est desipere in loco.]

    Horace (65–8 BC) Roman poet, satirist, soldier, politician [Quintus Horatius Flaccus]
    Odes [Carmina], Book 4, # 12, l. 25ff (4.12.25-28) (13 BC) [tr. Marshall (1908)]

    More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/horace/73650/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #horace #business #carpediem #celebration #death #enjoyment #folly #foolishness #holiday #mortality #party #revelry #seizetheday #silliness #vacation #work #workaholic

  11. A quotation from Horace

    For ridicule shall frequently prevail,
    And cut the knot, when graver reasons fail.
     
                                  [Ridiculum acri
    Fortius et melius magnas plerumque secat res.]

    Horace (65–8 BC) Roman poet, satirist, soldier, politician [Quintus Horatius Flaccus]
    Satires [Saturae, Sermones], Book 1, # 10 “Nempe incomposito,” l. 14ff (1.10.14-15) (35 BC) [tr. Francis (1747)]

    More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/horace/1955/

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  12. A quotation from Horace

    For ridicule shall frequently prevail,
    And cut the knot, when graver reasons fail.
     
                                  [Ridiculum acri
    Fortius et melius magnas plerumque secat res.]

    Horace (65–8 BC) Roman poet, satirist, soldier, politician [Quintus Horatius Flaccus]
    Satires [Saturae, Sermones], Book 1, # 10 “Nempe incomposito,” l. 14ff (1.10.14-15) (35 BC) [tr. Francis (1747)]

    More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/horace/1955/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #horace #argument #comedy #debate #derision #humor #impact #jest #jibe #jokes #laughter #mockery #rhetoric #ridicule #satire #scorn #wit #witticism #writing #persuasion #influence

  13. A quotation from Horace

    For ridicule shall frequently prevail,
    And cut the knot, when graver reasons fail.
     
                                  [Ridiculum acri
    Fortius et melius magnas plerumque secat res.]

    Horace (65–8 BC) Roman poet, satirist, soldier, politician [Quintus Horatius Flaccus]
    Satires [Saturae, Sermones], Book 1, # 10 “Nempe incomposito,” l. 14ff (1.10.14-15) (35 BC) [tr. Francis (1747)]

    More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/horace/1955/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #horace #argument #comedy #debate #derision #humor #impact #jest #jibe #jokes #laughter #mockery #rhetoric #ridicule #satire #scorn #wit #witticism #writing #persuasion #influence

  14. A quotation from Horace

    For ridicule shall frequently prevail,
    And cut the knot, when graver reasons fail.
     
                                  [Ridiculum acri
    Fortius et melius magnas plerumque secat res.]

    Horace (65–8 BC) Roman poet, satirist, soldier, politician [Quintus Horatius Flaccus]
    Satires [Saturae, Sermones], Book 1, # 10 “Nempe incomposito,” l. 14ff (1.10.14-15) (35 BC) [tr. Francis (1747)]

    More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/horace/1955/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #horace #argument #comedy #debate #derision #humor #impact #jest #jibe #jokes #laughter #mockery #rhetoric #ridicule #satire #scorn #wit #witticism #writing #persuasion #influence

  15. A quotation from Horace

    For ridicule shall frequently prevail,
    And cut the knot, when graver reasons fail.
     
                                  [Ridiculum acri
    Fortius et melius magnas plerumque secat res.]

    Horace (65–8 BC) Roman poet, satirist, soldier, politician [Quintus Horatius Flaccus]
    Satires [Saturae, Sermones], Book 1, # 10 “Nempe incomposito,” l. 14ff (1.10.14-15) (35 BC) [tr. Francis (1747)]

    More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/horace/1955/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #horace #argument #comedy #debate #derision #humor #impact #jest #jibe #jokes #laughter #mockery #rhetoric #ridicule #satire #scorn #wit #witticism #writing #persuasion #influence

  16. 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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  17. 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/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #horace #adversity #army #badfortune #badluck #battle #commander #dinner #entertainment #general #gettogether #goodfortune #goodluck #host #meme #misfortune #party #troubles

  18. 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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  19. 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/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #horace #adversity #army #badfortune #badluck #battle #commander #dinner #entertainment #general #gettogether #goodfortune #goodluck #host #meme #misfortune #party #troubles

  20. Carpe diem! Rejoice while you are alive; enjoy the day; live life to the fullest; make the most of what you have. It is later than you think.
    -- Horace

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  21. Carpe diem! Rejoice while you are alive; enjoy the day; live life to the fullest; make the most of what you have. It is later than you think.
    -- Horace

    #Wisdom #Quotes #Horace #Life

    #Photography #Panorama #Panopainting #Triathlon #Runners #StPetersburg #Florida

  22. Carpe diem! Rejoice while you are alive; enjoy the day; live life to the fullest; make the most of what you have. It is later than you think.
    -- Horace

    #Wisdom #Quotes #Horace #Life

    #Photography #Panorama #Panopainting #Triathlon #Runners #StPetersburg #Florida

  23. Carpe diem! Rejoice while you are alive; enjoy the day; live life to the fullest; make the most of what you have. It is later than you think.
    -- Horace

    #Wisdom #Quotes #Horace #Life

    #Photography #Panorama #Panopainting #Triathlon #Runners #StPetersburg #Florida

  24. Carpe diem! Rejoice while you are alive; enjoy the day; live life to the fullest; make the most of what you have. It is later than you think.
    -- Horace

    #Wisdom #Quotes #Horace #Life

    #Photography #Panorama #Panopainting #Triathlon #Runners #StPetersburg #Florida

  25. A quotation from Horace

    To know all things is not permitted.
     
    [Nec scire fas est omnia.]

    Horace (65–8 BC) Roman poet, satirist, soldier, politician [Quintus Horatius Flaccus]
    Odes [Carmina], Book 4, # 4, l. 22 (4.4.22) (23 BC)

    More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/horace/1952/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #horace #comprehension #divinelaw #hubris #humannature #ignorance #information #knowing #knowledge #limitation #meme #prohibition

  26. A quotation from Horace

    To know all things is not permitted.
     
    [Nec scire fas est omnia.]

    Horace (65–8 BC) Roman poet, satirist, soldier, politician [Quintus Horatius Flaccus]
    Odes [Carmina], Book 4, # 4, l. 22 (4.4.22) (23 BC)

    More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/horace/1952/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #horace #comprehension #divinelaw #hubris #humannature #ignorance #information #knowing #knowledge #limitation #meme #prohibition

  27. A quotation from Horace

    To know all things is not permitted.
     
    [Nec scire fas est omnia.]

    Horace (65–8 BC) Roman poet, satirist, soldier, politician [Quintus Horatius Flaccus]
    Odes [Carmina], Book 4, # 4, l. 22 (4.4.22) (23 BC)

    More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/horace/1952/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #horace #comprehension #divinelaw #hubris #humannature #ignorance #information #knowing #knowledge #limitation #meme #prohibition

  28. A quotation from Horace

    To know all things is not permitted.
     
    [Nec scire fas est omnia.]

    Horace (65–8 BC) Roman poet, satirist, soldier, politician [Quintus Horatius Flaccus]
    Odes [Carmina], Book 4, # 4, l. 22 (4.4.22) (23 BC)

    More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/horace/1952/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #horace #comprehension #divinelaw #hubris #humannature #ignorance #information #knowing #knowledge #limitation #meme #prohibition

  29. A quotation from Horace

    The Rash, the Lazy, Lover, none’s so wild,
    But may be tame, and may be wisely mild,
    If they consult true Vertue’s Rules with care,
    And lend to good advice a patient ear.
     
    [Invidus, iracundus, iners, vinosus, amator,
    nemo adeo ferus est, ut non mitescere possit,
    si modo culturae patientem commodet aurem.]

    Horace (65–8 BC) Roman poet, satirist, soldier, politician [Quintus Horatius Flaccus]
    Epistles [Epistularum, Letters], Book 1, ep. 1 “To Maecenas,” l. 38ff (1.1.38-40) (20 BC) [tr. Creech (1684)]

    More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/horace/78567/

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  30. A quotation from Horace

    The Rash, the Lazy, Lover, none’s so wild,
    But may be tame, and may be wisely mild,
    If they consult true Vertue’s Rules with care,
    And lend to good advice a patient ear.
     
    [Invidus, iracundus, iners, vinosus, amator,
    nemo adeo ferus est, ut non mitescere possit,
    si modo culturae patientem commodet aurem.]

    Horace (65–8 BC) Roman poet, satirist, soldier, politician [Quintus Horatius Flaccus]
    Epistles [Epistularum, Letters], Book 1, ep. 1 “To Maecenas,” l. 38ff (1.1.38-40) (20 BC) [tr. Creech (1684)]

    More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/horace/78567/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #horace #advice #anger #brutality #character #coarseness #culture #degradation #drunkenness #envy #faults #gluttony #lust #moralcharacter #norms #reform #rehabilitation #selfcontrol #selfimprovement #sloth #society #temperament #vice #virtue #wisdom #wrath