Quintus Horatius Flaccus, , known in the English-speaking world as Horace, was the leading Roman lyric poet during the time of Augustus.
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“Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for mankind”
Horace Mann
“Rule your mind or it will rule you”
Horace
“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.”
“Mix a little foolishness with your serious plans; it's lovely to be silly at the right moment”
“A house without books is like a room without windows. No man has a right to bring up his children without surrounding them with books, if he has the means to buy them.”
“Let us not be content to wait and see what will happen, but give us the determination to make the right things happen.”
“A teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire to learn is hammering on a cold iron.”
“The world is a tragedy to those who feel, but a comedy to those who think.”
Horace Walpole
“No man ever reached to excellence in any one art or profession without having passed through the slow and painful process of study and preparation”
“Anger is a momentary madness, so control your passion or it will control you.”