Some Good Lines From Horace

I spent a good part of the day reading Horace. Here are some of the lines that stood out for me from the Epodes and the first book of Odes. Enjoy.


From the Epodes:


Fate has decreed that wolves and lambs should be / no more at odds than you and me


If any man with impious hand has broken/ his aged father’s neck/ let him eat garlic


Groaning she worked to bury him/ where each long day the boy/ would three times see the rich fare served to him/ and seeing it, would die/ only his face above ground, / l...

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Published on September 09, 2012 17:55
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