Horace Quotes About Poetry
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Not gods, nor men, nor even booksellers have put up with poets' being second-rate.
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And take back ill-polished stanzas to the anvil.
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I have to submit to much in order to pacify the touchy tribe of poets.
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A comic matter cannot be expressed in tragic verse. [Lat., Versibus exponi tragicis res comica non vult.]
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No poems can please long or live that are written by water drinkers.
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It is not enough that poetry is agreeable, it should also be interesting.
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That I make poetry and give pleasure - if I give pleasure - are because of you.
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Where there are many beauties in a poem I shall not cavil at a few faults proceeding either from negligence or from the imperfection of our nature.
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Verses devoid of substance, melodious trifles. [Lat., Versus inopes rerum, nugaeque canorae.]
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Let your poem be kept nine years.
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A picture is a poem without words
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Every old poem is sacred.
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Mediocrity in poets has never been tolerated by either men, or gods, or booksellers.
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Carpe diem! Rejoice while you are alive; enjoy the day; live life to the fullest; make the most of what you have. It is later than you think.
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