What did Horace mean by: Be brief, that the mind may catch thy precepts, and the more easily retain them. - Horace Copy
+ The mob may hiss me, but I congratulate myself while I contemplate my treasures in their hoard. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Horace, Contemplating, Treasure, 0 - Horace
+ The human race afraid of nothing, rushes on through every crime. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Horace, Courage, Law, Race, 0 - Horace
+ Whom has not the inspiring bowl made eloquent? [Lat., Foecundi calices quem non fecere disertum.] Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Horace, Bowls, Eloquent, 0 - Horace
+ Govern your temper, which will rule you unless kept in subjection. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Horace, Temper, 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
+ 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
+ In the capacious urn of death, every name is shaken. [Lat., Omne capax movet urna nomen.] Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Horace, Death, 0 - Horace
+ Let the fictitious sources of pleasure be as near as possible to the true. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Horace, Pleasure, Source, 0 - Horace
One mark of a second-rate mind is to be always telling stories. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Two quite opposite qualities equally bias our minds – habits and novelty. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
A mediocre mind thinks it writes divinely; a good mind thinks it writes reasonably. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Timorous minds are much more inclined to deliberate than to resolve. - Jean Francois Paul de Gondi Clergy · France
I didn’t mind my own company as a child; I was happy playing alone in the sandpit. - Michael Leunig Cartoonist · Australia
