It is not the rich man you should properly call happy, but … - Horace

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It is not the rich man you should properly call happy,
but him who knows how to use with wisdom the blessings of the gods,
to endure hard poverty, and who fears dishonor worse than death,
and is not afraid to die for cherished friends or fatherland.

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Quintus Horatius Flaccus (8 December 65 BC – 27 November 8 BC), known in the English-speaking world as Horace, was the leading lyric poet in Latin.

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Native Name: Q. Horatius Flaccus

Alternative Names: Quintus Horatius Flaccus • Horatius • Horatius Flaccus

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Ovid Virgil Juvenal Lucretius Cicero

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O matre pulchra filia pulchrior

To flee vice is the beginning of virtue, and to have got rid of folly is the beginning of wisdom.

Ey benimle bu kadar güç işler görmüş yiğitler,
Bugün, üzüntülerinizi şarapla giderin;
Yarın, engin denize açılacağız

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