What did Horace mean by: When discord dreadful bursts the brazen bars, And shatters iron locks to thunder forth her wars. - Horace Copy
+ Anger is momentary madness, so control your passion or it will control you. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Horace, Madness, 0 - Horace
+ Cease to admire the smoke, wealth, and noise of prosperous Rome. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Horace, Noise, Rome, Wealth, 0 - Horace
+ Increasing wealth is attended by care and by the desire of greater increase. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Horace, Care, Desire, Riches, 0 - Horace
+ Poets are never allowed to be mediocre by the gods, by men or by publishers. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Horace, Book, Poet, 0 - Horace
+ Catch the opportunity while it lasts, and rely not on what the morrow may bring. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Horace, Opportunity, 0 - Horace
+ Let every man find pleasure in practising the profession he has learnt. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Horace, Pleasure, Profession, 0 - Horace
+ False praise can please, and calumny affright None but the vicious, and the hypocrite. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Horace, Hypocrite, Praise, Vicious, 0 - Horace
+ Your property is in danger when your neighbour’s house is on fire. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Horace, Danger, Fire, House, 0 - Horace
I won’t undertake war until I have tried all the arts and means of peace. - François Rabelais Author · France
Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them. Explain - Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
Everyone, when there’s war in the air, learns to live in a new element: falsehood. - Jean Giraudoux Playwright · France
Like the greatest virtue and the worst dogs, the fiercest hatred is silent. - Jean Paul Writer · Germany
If thou beest ever so exact in thy morals, and not a worshiper of God, then thou art an atheist. - William Gurnall Clergyman · England
It is the people who have no say in making wars who suffer from the consequences of them. - Jean Plaidy Author · England
