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Horace
(8 Dec 65 B.C. - 27 Nov 8 B.C.)
Roman poet.
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Science Quotes by Horace (3)
Decus et pretium recte petit experiens vir.
The man who makes the attempt justly aims at honour and reward.
The man who makes the attempt justly aims at honour and reward.
— Horace
Epistles bk. 1, no. 17, 1. 42. In Satires, Epistles and Ars Poetiea, trans. H. Rushton Fairclough (1926), 364-5.
Nos numeros sumus et fruges consumere nati.
We are but ciphers, born to consume earth's fruits.
[Alternate: We are just statistics, born to consume resources.]
We are but ciphers, born to consume earth's fruits.
[Alternate: We are just statistics, born to consume resources.]
— Horace
Epistles bk. 1, no. 2, 1. 27. In Satires, Epistles and Ars Poetica, trans. H. Rushton Fairclough (1926), 264-5.
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Sapere aude.
Dare to be wise.
[Alternate: Dare to know.]
Dare to be wise.
[Alternate: Dare to know.]
— Horace
Epistles bk. 1, no. 2, 1. 40. In Satires, Epistles and Ars Poetica, trans. H. Rushton Fairclough (1926), 264-5.
