What did Horace mean by: A word once let out of the cage cannot be whistled back again. - Horace Copy
+ Let this be your wall of brass, to have nothing on your conscience, no guilt to make you turn pale. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Horace, Guilt, Pale, Wall, 0 - Horace
+ It is not enough that poetry is agreeable, it should also be interesting. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Horace, Enough, Interesting, Poetry, 0 - Horace
+ One goes to the right, the other to the left; both are wrong, but in different directions. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Horace, Different, Errors, 0 - Horace
+ The explanation avails nothing, which in leading us from one difficulty involves us in another. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Horace, Difficulty, Explanation, 0 - Horace
+ O citizens, first acquire wealth; you can practice virtue afterward. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Horace, Citizens, Practice, 0 - Horace
+ Painters and poets have equal license in regard to everything. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Horace, Art, Equal, Poet, 0 - Horace
+ By wine eating cares are put to flight. [Lat., Vino diffugiunt mordaces curae.] Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Horace, Care, Flight, Wine, 0 - Horace
+ As many men as there are existing, so many are their different pursuits. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Horace, Different, Pursuit, 0 - Horace
The constancy of the wise is only the art of keeping disquietude to one’s self. Explain - François de La Rochefoucauld Writer · France
Numberless arts appear foolish whose secret motives are most wise and weighty. Explain - François de La Rochefoucauld Writer · France
A wise man neither suffers himself to be governed, nor attempts to govern others. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
If it be true that a man is rich who wants nothing, a wise man is a very rich man. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
A vain man finds it wise to speak good or ill of himself; a modest man does not talk of himself. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go. - Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
Let fools the studious despise, There’s nothing lost by being wise. - Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
