Maxioms by Horace (quintus Horatius Flaccus)
That man scorches with his brightness, who overpowers inferior
capacities, yet he shall be revered when dead.
[Lat., read more
That man scorches with his brightness, who overpowers inferior
capacities, yet he shall be revered when dead.
[Lat., Urit enim fulgore suo qui praegravat artes
Intra se positas; extinctus amabitur idem.]
Like Theon (i.e., a calumniating disposition).
[Lat., Dens Theonia.]
Like Theon (i.e., a calumniating disposition).
[Lat., Dens Theonia.]
To please great men is not the last degree of praise.
[Lat., Principibus placuisse viris non ultima laus est.]
To please great men is not the last degree of praise.
[Lat., Principibus placuisse viris non ultima laus est.]
Painters and poets have equal license in regard to everything.
[Lat., Pictoribus atque poetis
Quidlibet audendi semper read more
Painters and poets have equal license in regard to everything.
[Lat., Pictoribus atque poetis
Quidlibet audendi semper fuit aequa potestas.]
He who studies to imitate the poet Pindar, O Julius, relies on
artificial wings fastened on with wax, and read more
He who studies to imitate the poet Pindar, O Julius, relies on
artificial wings fastened on with wax, and is sure to give his
name to a glassy sea.
[Lat., Pindarum quisquis studet aemulari,
Iule ceratis ope Daedalea
Nititur pennis, vitreo daturus
Nomina ponto.]