What did Horace mean by: Not gods, nor men, nor even booksellers have put up with poets’ being second-rate. - Horace Copy
+ If a better system’s thine, Impart it frankly, or make use of mine. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Horace, Mines, 0 - Horace
+ Drive Nature forth by force, she’ll turn and rout The false refinements that would keep her out. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Horace, Environment, Force, 0 - Horace
+ Good sense is both the first principal and the parent source of good writing. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Horace, Literature, Parents, Writing, 0 - Horace
+ It is right for him who asks forgiveness for his offenses to grant it to others. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Horace, Forgiveness, Grants, Offense, 0 - Horace
+ Men more quickly and more gladly recall what they deride than what they approve and esteem. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Horace, Memories, Recollection, 0 - Horace
+ Mighty to inspire new hopes, and able to drown the bitterness of cares. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Horace, Care, Inspiration, 0 - Horace
+ The man is either mad or his is making verses. [Lat., Aut insanit homo, aut versus facit.] Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Horace, Mad, Poet, 0 - Horace
+ When we try to avoid one fault, we are led to the opposite, unless we be very careful. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Horace, Faults, Opposites, 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
The present is never poetic as it serves necessity, necessity, however, is prosaic. - Franz Grillparzer Writer · Austria
What raises great poetry above all else–it is the entire person and also the entire world. - Franz Grillparzer Writer · Austria
