Horace quotes

65 BC–8 BC · Roman lyric poet

Horace gave us carpe diem and a dozen other Latin tags still in use. His Odes and Epistles are short, sharp and sociable.

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3 quotes traced to Horace's own work or a reliable witness.

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Seize the day, put no trust in the morrow.

Source: Odes I.11 ("Carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero")

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He who has begun has half done. Dare to be wise.

Source: Epistles I.2.40 ("Dimidium facti qui coepit habet; sapere aude")

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Pale Death knocks with impartial foot at the hovels of the poor and the towers of kings.

Source: Odes I.4.13