Occupation: Poet Birth: December 8, 65 Bc Death: November 27, 8 Bc
It is hard to utter common notions in an individual way..
Little folks become their little fate..
The same (hated) man will be loved after he's dead. How quickly we forget..
Don't carry logs into the forest..
Capture the day, put minimum trust on tomorrow..
I want to live, and die with you..
When putting words together is good to do it with nicety and caution, your elegance and talent will be evident if by putting ordinary words together ….
Refrain from asking what going to happen tomorrow, and everyday that fortune grants you, count as gain..
He despises what he sought; and he seeks that which he lately threw away. [Lat., Quod petit spernit, repetit quod nuper omisit.].
The body oppressed by excesses bears down the mind, and depresses to the earth any portion of the divine spirit we had been endowed with..
People hiss at me, but I applaud myself in my own house, and at the same time contemplate the money in my chest..
Those who covet much suffer from the want..
The mad is either insane or he is composing verses..
Anger is short-lived madness..
There are words and accents by which this grief can be assuaged, and the disease in a great measure removed..
Seize the day [Carpe diem]: trust not to the morrow..
Carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero'Snatch at today and trust as little as you can in tomorrow' - (Odes) Often translated as 'Seize the day'..
However rich or elevated, a name less something is always wanting to our imperfect fortune..
Anger is a momentary madness, so control your passion or it will control you..
Remember when life's path is steep to keep your mind even..
I have erected amonument more lasting than bronze..