What did Horace mean by: Mediocrity in poets has never been tolerated by either men, or gods, or booksellers. - Horace Copy
+ Even virtue followed beyond reason’s rule May stamp the just man knave, the sage a fool. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Horace, Sage, 0 - Horace
+ If it is well with your belly, chest and feet – the wealth of kings can’t give you more. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Horace, Feet, Kings, 0 - Horace
+ Wealth increaseth, but a nameless something is ever wanting to our insufficient fortune. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Horace, Fortune, Wealth, 0 - Horace
+ Enjoy the present day, as distrusting that which is to follow. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Horace, Enjoy, Happy, 0 - Horace
+ It is no easy matter to say commonplace things in an original way. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Horace, 0 - Horace
+ In avoiding one evil we fall into another, if we use not discretion. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Horace, Evil, 0 - Horace
+ Many shall be restored that now are fallen and many shall fall that now are in honor. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Horace, Fallen, Honor, 0 - Horace
+ What we hear strikes the mind with less force than what we see. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Horace, Force, Mind, Strikes, 0 - Horace
The art of poetry is to touch the passions, and its duty to lead them on the side of virtue. - William Cowper Poet · England
The machinations of ambiguity are among the very roots of poetry. - William Empson Poet and literary critic · England
All poetry like every work of art proceeds from a swift vision of things. - Honoré de Balzac Writer · France
Minds of moderate caliber ordinarily condemn everthing which is beyond their range. Explain - François de La Rochefoucauld Writer · France
The present is never poetic as it serves necessity, necessity, however, is prosaic. - Franz Grillparzer Writer · Austria
