Horatius

Horatius

Horatius is the nomen of the Roman gens Horatia. Some of its members were:

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Famous quotes containing the word horatius:

    “This is a fault common to all singers, that among their friends they will never sing when they are asked; unasked, they will never desist.”
    —Horace [Quintus Horatius Flaccus] (65–8 B.C.)

    “Life’s brief span [vitae summa brevis] forbids us to enter on far-reaching hopes.”
    —Horace [Quintus Horatius Flaccus] (65–8 B.C.)

    “Many heroes lived before Agamemnon; but all are unknown and unwept, extinguished in everlasting night, because they have no spirited chronicler.”
    —Horace [Quintus Horatius Flaccus] (65–8 B.C.)