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1/ Quintus Horatius Flaccus, known to English-speakers as Horace, was the leading Roman lyric poet during the time of Augustus, Rome's first, and in the eyes of many historians best, Emperor.
2/ Many of Horace's maxims survive to this day and are seen as excellent life advice.
I was drawn into reading Horace by this quote, which I thought was an excellent lens to view the ups and downs of life:
I was drawn into reading Horace by this quote, which I thought was an excellent lens to view the ups and downs of life:
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“Many shall be restored that now are fallen and many shall fall that now are in honor.”
~Horace, "Ars Poetica"
I started back through my notes on him, and found several others that I thought others would enjoy, Here are some of the best of them:
“Many shall be restored that now are fallen and many shall fall that now are in honor.”
~Horace, "Ars Poetica"
I started back through my notes on him, and found several others that I thought others would enjoy, Here are some of the best of them:
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"Carpe diem!
Rejoice while you are alive; enjoy the day; live life to the fullest; make the most of what you have.
It is later than you think."
"A good scare is worth more than good advice."
"Carpe diem!
Rejoice while you are alive; enjoy the day; live life to the fullest; make the most of what you have.
It is later than you think."
"A good scare is worth more than good advice."
5/
"Anger is a momentary madness, so control your passion or it will control you."
"Rule your mind or it will rule you."
“Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which, in prosperous circumstances, would have lain dormant.”
"Anger is a momentary madness, so control your passion or it will control you."
"Rule your mind or it will rule you."
“Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which, in prosperous circumstances, would have lain dormant.”
6/
“He who feared that he would not succeed sat still.”
“Without love and laughter there is no joy; live amid love and laughter.”
"We are but dust and shadow."
"Why do you laugh? Change only the name and this story is about you."
“He who feared that he would not succeed sat still.”
“Without love and laughter there is no joy; live amid love and laughter.”
"We are but dust and shadow."
"Why do you laugh? Change only the name and this story is about you."
7/
“You may drive out Nature with a pitchfork, yet she still will hurry back.”
“Humour is often stronger and more effective than sharpness in cutting knotty issues.”
“Subdue your passion or it will subdue you.”
“You may drive out Nature with a pitchfork, yet she still will hurry back.”
“Humour is often stronger and more effective than sharpness in cutting knotty issues.”
“Subdue your passion or it will subdue you.”
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“What you have not published, you can destroy. The word once sent forth can never be recalled.”
“Pale death kicks with impartial foot at the hovels of the poor and the towers of kings.”
“What you have not published, you can destroy. The word once sent forth can never be recalled.”
“Pale death kicks with impartial foot at the hovels of the poor and the towers of kings.”
9/ Finally, here's one that I wrote in the Latin on my workbooks for doing the research for my book "What Works on Wall Street"
"Nullius in verba." (Take nobody's word for it.)
"Nullius in verba." (Take nobody's word for it.)
10/ I'm struck by the similarities between these quotes and those from The Stoics and from the Taoist masterpiece "Tao Te Ching" by Lao Tzu.
It seems that if you're searching for wisdom, going back to those that have withstood the tests of time is a good place to start.
It seems that if you're searching for wisdom, going back to those that have withstood the tests of time is a good place to start.
