Not him with great possessions should you in truth call ble… - Horace

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Not him with great possessions should you in truth call blest; with better right does he claim the name of happy man who realizes how to make use of the gods' gifts wisely, is skilled to meet harsh poverty and endure, as one who dreads dishonor far more than death; a man like that for friends beloved, or for his country fears not to perish.

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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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Grais ingenium, Grais dedit ore rotundo Musa loqui, præter laudem nullius avaris. . .

Mix a little foolishness with your serious plans. It is lovely to be silly at the right moment.

Come, Mercury, by whose minstrel spell Amphion raised the Theban stones,
Come, with thy seven sweet strings, my shell,
Thy "diverse tones," Nor vocal once nor pleasant, now To rich man's board and temple dear: Put forth thy power, till Lyde bow Her stubborn ear.

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