Horace

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Quintus Horatius Flaccus (December 8, 65 BC – November 27, 8 BC), known in the English-speaking world as Horace, was the leading Roman lyric poet during the time of Augustus.

Born in the small town of Venusia in the border region between Apulia and Lucania (Basilicata), Horace was the son of a freed slave, who owned a small farm in Venusia, and later moved to Rome to work as a coactor (a middleman between buyers and sellers at auctions, receiving 1% of the purchase price from each for his services). The elder Horace was able to spend considerable money on his son's education, accompanying him first to Rome for his primary education, and then sending him to Athens to study Greek and philosophy.

After the assassination of Julius Caesar, Horace...more

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Average rating: 3.99 · 655 ratings · 44 reviews · 443 distinct works

	Horace Odes and Epodes by Horace, Niall Rudd (Editor) 4.04 avg rating — 313 ratings — published 1960 — 55 editions	My rating:
	Horace: Satires, Epistles and Ars Poetica (Loeb Classical Library No. 194) by Horace, H.R. Fairclough (Translator) 4.15 avg rating — 88 ratings — published 1719 — 13 editions	My rating:
	The Odes of Horace 4.00 avg rating — 91 ratings — published 1965 — 46 editions	My rating:
	The Satires by Horace, A.M. Juster (Translator), Susanna Braund (Introduction) 3.90 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 1863 — 13 editions	My rating:
	The Satires of Horace and Persius by Horace, Aulus Persius Flaccus, Rudd Persius (Translator) 3.36 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 1973 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Epistolas Ad Pisones De Ars Poetica 4.00 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 1975 — 45 editions	My rating:
	Satires and Epistles by Horace, Smith Palmer Bovie (Translation) 3.71 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 1969 — 8 editions	My rating:
	Horace: Selected Odes and Satire 1.9. by Horace, Ronnie Ancona 4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1999 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Q. Horati Flacci Opera 4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1922 — 2 editions	My rating:
	The Complete Works Of Horace 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1963 — 5 editions	My rating:

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“Carpe Diem”
― Horace

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“Ut haec ipsa qui non sentiat deorum vim habere is nihil omnino sensurus esse videatur."

If any man cannot feel the power of God when he looks upon the stars, then I doubt whether he is capable of any feeling at all.”
― Horace

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“Begin, be bold, and venture to be wise.”
― Horace

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