Horace
(8 Dec 65 B.C. - 27 Nov 8 B.C.)
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Science Quotes by Horace (11 quotes)
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
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
Omne tulit punctum qui miscuit utile dulci.
He gains everyone’s approval who mixes the pleasant with the useful.
He gains everyone’s approval who mixes the pleasant with the useful.
— Horace
Sapere aude.
Dare to be wise.
[Alternate: Dare to know.]
Dare to be wise.
[Alternate: Dare to know.]
— Horace
Usus quem penes arbitrium est et jus norma loquendi.
Usage, in which lies the decision, the law, and the norm of speech.
Usage, in which lies the decision, the law, and the norm of speech.
— Horace
Naturam expelles furca, tamen usque recurret,
Et mala perrumpet furtim fastidia victrix.
[Drive Nature out with a pitchfork, yet she hurries back,
And will burst through your foolish contempt, triumphant.]
Et mala perrumpet furtim fastidia victrix.
[Drive Nature out with a pitchfork, yet she hurries back,
And will burst through your foolish contempt, triumphant.]
— Horace
Never despair
— Horace
Not marble graven with public records, whereby breath and life return to goodly heroes after death.
— Horace
Sauntering silently among the healthful groves, concerning yourself about every thing worthy a wise and good man?
— Horace
The chief pleasure [in eating] does not consist in costly seasoning, or exquisite flavor, but in yourself.
— Horace
To save a man’s life against his will is the same as killing him.
— Horace
Quotes by others about Horace (1)
It is known that the mathematics prescribed for the high school [Gymnasien] is essentially Euclidean, while it is modern mathematics, the theory of functions and the infinitesimal calculus, which has secured for us an insight into the mechanism and laws of nature. Euclidean mathematics is indeed, a prerequisite for the theory of functions, but just as one, though he has learned the inflections of Latin nouns and verbs, will not thereby be enabled to read a Latin author much less to appreciate the beauties of a Horace, so Euclidean mathematics, that is the mathematics of the high school, is unable to unlock nature and her laws.