What did Horace mean by: Mediocrity is not allowed to poets, either by the gods or men. - Horace Copy
+ Blend a little folly with thy worldly plans: it is delightful to give loose on a proper occasion. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Horace, Fool, Latin, 0 - Horace
+ Those who say nothing about their poverty will obtain more than those who turn beggars. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Horace, Begging, Poverty, 0 - Horace
+ Mediocrity in poets has never been tolerated by either men, or gods, or booksellers. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Horace, Mediocrity, Poetry, 0 - Horace
+ Drop the question of what tomorrow may bring, and count as profit every day that Fate allows you. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Horace, Faith, Humor, 0 - Horace
+ The shame of fools conceals their open wounds. [Lat., Stultorum incurata malus pudor ulcera celat.] Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Horace, Fool, Shame, 0 - Horace
+ 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
+ Only a stomach that rarely feels hungry scorns common things. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Horace, Being Thankful, Gratitude, Thanksgiving, 0 - Horace
+ The sad dislike those who are cheerful, and the cheerful dislike the melancholy. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Horace, Cheerful, Dislike, Melancholy, 0 - Horace
O woman! thou wert fashioned to beguile: So have all sages said, all poets sung. - Jean Ingelow Poet · England
I am not less poet; I am more conscious of all that I am, am not, and might become. - Jean Toomer Writer
The poet will not be satisfied with recording, the poet will have to transform. - Jeanette Winterson Author · England
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
