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    Horace: Quotes & Facts

    By Blago Kirov

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    This book is an anthology of quotes from Horace and selected facts about Horace.


    “A picture is a poem without words.”
    “Adversity reveals genius, prosperity conceals it.”
    “And seek for truth in the groves of Academe.”
    “Anger is a momentary madness so control your passion or it will control you.”
    “Begin, be bold and venture to be wise.”
    “Brave men were living before Agamemnon.”
    “Don't think, just do.”
    “Drive Nature from your door with a pitchfork, and she will return again and again.”
    “Every old poem is sacred.”
    “Fidelity is the sister of justice.”
    “Force without reason falls of its own weight.”
    “Fortune makes a fool of those she favours too much.”
    “He gains everyone's approval who mixes the pleasant with the useful.”
    “He will always be a slave who does not know how to live upon a little.”
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLulu.com
    Release dateJan 20, 2017
    ISBN9781365695872
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