Horace Quintus Horatius Flaccus
poet · Rome · 65–8 BC
The son of a freed slave, who became the foremost poet of Rome.
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23 BC
Even as we speak, envious time will have fled. Seize the day, and trust tomorrow as little as you can.
Dum loquimur, fugerit inuida
aetas: carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero.Odes 1.11
23 BC
I have built a monument more lasting than bronze and higher than the royal pile of the pyramids.
Exegi monumentum aere perennius
regalique situ pyramidum altiusOdes 3.30
23 BC
I shall not wholly die: a great part of me will escape the goddess of death.
Non omnis moriar multaque pars mei
uitabit LibitinamOdes 3.30
23 BC
It is sweet and fitting to die for one's country. Death hunts down even the man who runs.
Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori:
mors et fugacem persequitur uirumOdes 3.2
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