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Latin Quotes of Horace
One of the best-known Roman lyric poets of all times, Quintus Horatius Flaccus aka Horace (65-8 BC) is said to have influenced English poetry and still revered more than two thousand years after his demise. Read some of the most famous quotes of Roman poet Horace in Latin and also go through the translations of the phrases in English language. Ab ovo usque ad mala (From the egg right to the apples).
~ Horace. Aegri somnia (A sick man's dreams). ~ Horace. Aequam memento rebus in arduis servare mentem (Remember when life's path is steep to keep your mind even). ~ Horace. Amoto quaeramus seria ludo (Joking aside, let us turn to serious matters). ~ Horace. Aurea mediocritas (The golden mean). ~ Horace. Aut insanit homo, aut versus facit (The fellow is either mad or he is composing verses). ~ Horace. Bella detesta matribus (Wars, the horror of mothers). ~ Horace. Bis repetita placent (The things that please are those that are asked for again and again). ~ Horace. Caelum non animum mutant qui trans mare currunt (They change the sky, not their soul, who run across the sea). ~ Horace. Carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero (Seize the day, trust as little as possible in tomorrow). ~ Horace. Consule planco (In the consulship of Plancus). ~ Horace. Coram populo (In the presence of the people). ~ Horace. Culpam poena premit comes (Punishment closely follows crime as its companion). ~ Horace. Dente lupus, cornu taurus petit (The wolf attacks with his fang, the bull with his horn). ~ Horace. Dimidium facti qui coepit habet (Half is done when the beginning is done). ~ Horace. Dira necessitas (The dire necessity). ~ Horace. Disiecti membra poetae (Limbs of a dismembered poet). ~ Horace. Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori (It is sweet and glorious to die for one's country). ~ Horace. Eheu fugaces labuntur anni (Alas, the fleeting years slip by). ~ Horace. Est modus in rebus (There is a middle ground in things). ~ Horace. Exegi monumentum aere perennius (I have erected a monument more lasting than bronze). ~ Horace. Extinctus amabitur idem (The same man will be loved after he is dead. How quickly we forget). ~ Horace. Favete linguis (To keep a silence). ~ Horace. Genus irritabile vatum (The irritable race of poets). ~ Horace. Graecia capta ferum victorem cepit (Captive Greece conquered her savage victor). ~ Horace. Imitatores, servum pecus! (Imitators, you slavish crowd!) ~ Horace. In media res (In or into the middle of a sequence of events). ~ Horace. In medio stat virtus (Virtue stands in the middle). ~ Horace. In silvam ne ligna feras (Don't carry logs into the forest). ~ Horace. Ira furor brevis est (Anger is a brief insanity). ~ Horace. Maecenas atavis edite regibus (Maecenas, born of monarch ancestors). ~ Horace. Magnas inter oper inops (A pauper in the midst of wealth). ~ Horace. Mors ultima linea rerum est (Death is everything's final limit). ~ Horace. Nec verbum verbo curabis reddere fidus interpres (As a true translator you will take care not to translate word for word). ~ Horace. Nihil est ab omni parte beatum (Nothing is good in every part). ~ Horace. Nil admirari (To admire nothing). ~ Horace. Nil agit exemplum, litem quod lite resolvit (Not much worth is an example that solves one quarrel with another). ~ Horace. Nil desperandum! (Never despair!) ~ Horace. Non omnia moriar (Not all of me will die). ~ Horace. Nullius in verba (Rely on the words of no one). ~ Horace. Nunc est bibendum (Now we must drink). ~ Horace. Omnes una manet nox (The same night awaits us all). ~ Horace. Pallida mors (Pale Death). ~ Horace. Pede poena claudo (Punishment comes limping. Retribution comes slowly, but surely). ~ Horace. Pulvis et umbra sumus (We are dust and shadow). ~ Horace. Quia natura mutari non potest idcirco verae amicitiae sempiternae sunt (Since nature cannot change, true friendships are eternal). ~ Horace. Quid rides? Mutato nomine de te fabula narratur (What are you laughing at? Just change the name and the joke's on you). ~ Horace. Rerum concordia discors (The concord of things through discord). ~ Horace. Ridentem dicere verum quid vetat? (What forbids a laughing man from telling the truth?) ~ Horace. Sapere aude! (Dare to be wise!) ~ Horace. Sedit qui timuit ne non succederet (He who feared he would not succeed sat still). ~ Horace. Simplex munditiis (Unaffected by manners). ~ Horace. Splendide mendax (Splendidly false). ~ Horace. Una hirundo non facit ver (One Swallow does not make Summer). ~ Horace. Unus multorum (One of many). ~ Horace. Vestigia terrent (The footprints frighten me). ~ Horace. Vis consili expers mole ruit sua (Brute force bereft of wisdom falls to ruin by its own weight). ~ Horace. Vitanda est improba siren desidia (One must avoid that wicked temptress, Laziness). ~ Horace. Vitiis nemo sine nascitur (No-one is born without faults). ~ Horace. |
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