Great Throughts Treasury

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Horace, full name Quintus Horatius Flaccus NULL

Roman Lyric Poet and Satirist under the Emperor Augustus

"Those who want much are always much in need. "

"To marvel at nothing is just about the one and only thing, Numicius, that can make a man happy and keep him that way."

"Whatever advice you give, be short. "

"While we're talking, envious time is fleeing: seize the day, put no trust in the future. "

"Wisdom is not wisdom when it is derived from books alone."