Revered as one of the best roman lyric poet, Horace has penned down some of the best literary works by any roman. His father was a slave but before Horace’s birth, he was manumitted. Horace was appointed as a tribune by Marcus Brutus, considered by many as one of the noblest Romans after the horrifying death of Julius Caesar.
After Brutus and Cassius were ... Horace biography|
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A good scare is worth more than good advice. (Horace) Related concepts: scare advice |
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A host is like a general: calamities often reveal his genius. (Horace) Related concepts: genius often reveal general: calamities |
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A picture is a poem without words. (Horace) Related concepts: words picture |
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A shoe that is too large is apt to trip one, and when too small, to pinch the feet. So it is with those whose fortune does not suit them. (Horace) Related concepts: feet pinch large small whose |
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A word, once sent abroad, flies irrevocably. (Horace) Related concepts: word abroad irrevocably flies |
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Acquittal of the guilty damns the judge. (Horace) Related concepts: judge damns guilty |
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Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents, which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant. (Horace) Related concepts: adversity eliciting which prosperous talents |
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Adversity reveals genius, prosperity conceals it. (Horace) Related concepts: genius prosperity adversity conceals |
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And once sent out, words take wings beyond recall. (Horace) Related concepts: beyond wings words |
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Anger is a brief madness. (Horace) Related concepts: madness anger |
