Tu ne quaesieris — scire nefas — quem mihi, quem tibi finem di dederint, Leuconoe, nec Babylonios temptaris numeros. Ut melius, quidquid erit, pati. … - Horace

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Tu ne quaesieris — scire nefas — quem mihi, quem tibi finem di dederint, Leuconoe, nec Babylonios temptaris numeros. Ut melius, quidquid erit, pati. . . . Spem longam reseces. Dum loquimur fugerit invida aetas. Carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero.

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About Horace

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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Originators like Horace:
Ovid Virgil Juvenal Lucretius Cicero

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