Horace/works

Famous quotes containing the words horace and/or works:

    I am Roman, alas, because Horace is Roman.
    Pierre Corneille (1606–1684)

    All his works might well enough be embraced under the title of one of them, a good specimen brick, “On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History.” Of this department he is the Chief Professor in the World’s University, and even leaves Plutarch behind.
    Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)