Occupation: Poet Birth: December 8, 65 Bc Death: November 27, 8 Bc
He who is greedy is always in want..
The covetous person is full of fear; and he or she who lives in fear will ever be a slave..
Tear thyself from delay..
Take as a gift whatever the day brings forth..
False praise can please, and calumny affright None but the vicious, and the hypocrite..
Content with his past life, let him take leave of life like a satiated guest..
What we hear strikes the mind with less force than what we see..
That man lives happy and in command of himself, who from day to day can say I have lived. Whether clouds obscure, or the sun illumines the following ….
Never despair. [Nil desperandum.].
The illustration which solves one difficulty by raising another, settles nothing. [Lat., Nil agit exemplum, litem quod lite resolvit.].
What does drunkenness not accomplish? It unlocks secrets, confirms our hopes, urges the indolent into battle, lifts the burden from anxious minds, te….
Now is the time for drinking; now the time to beat the earth with unfettered foot..
What with your friend you nobly share, At least you rescue from your heir..
Brighter than Parian marble..
He who sings the praises of his boyhood's days..
Thus one thing requires assistance from another, and joins in friendly help..
Joking apart, now let us be serious..
Either a peaceful old age awaits me, or death flies round me with black wings. [Lat., Seu me tranquilla senectus Exspectat, seu mors atris circumvola….
Dismiss the old horse in good time, lest he fail in the lists and the spectators laugh..
The good hate sin because they love virtue. [Lat., Oderunt peccare boni virtutis amore.].
It is grievous to be caught..