Friday, November 13, 2009

Horace Quotes

Whichever way the wind takes me, I will go.
Quo me cumque rapit tempestas deferor hospes.
Epistles 1.1.15


He appears mad indeed but to a few, because the majority is infected with the same disease.
Nimirum insanus paucis videatur, eo quod Maxima pars hominum morbo jactatur eodem.
Epodon 8.7

Many heroes lived before Agamemnon, but they are all unmourned, and consigned to oblivion, because they had no bard to sing their praises.
Vixere fortes ante Agamemnona Multi: sed omnes illacrimabiles Urgentur, ignotique longa Nocte, carent quia vate sacro.
Carmina 4.9.25

It makes a great difference whether Davus or a hero speaks.
Intererit multum Davusne loquatur an heros.
Ars Poetica 124

Patience makes lighter what sorrow may not heal.
Omnes una manet nox Et calcanda semel via leti
Odes 15

I teach that all are men are mad.
Doceo insanire omnes.
Satires.2.3.81

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