No verse can give pleasure for long, nor last, that is written by drinkers of water.

Nulla placere diu nec vivere carmina possunt, quae scribuntur aquae potoribus.

Horace

Epistles

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Topic

Alcohol Poetry

Author

Horace

Source

Epistles

Medium

Poem

Statement Type

Precepts and axioms

Language

Latin

Time

20 BC 20s BC 1st century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Occupation

Poet Writer

From

Italy Europe Roman Empire

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Original Citation

Horace. Epistularum liber primus [First Book of Letters]. 20 BC, bk. 1, epistle 19.

Current Citation

Horace. "Epistles." Satires and Epistles, translated by John Davie. Oxford University Press, 2011, bk. 1, epistle 19.

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Seize the day, put no trust in the morrow!

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Living life to the fullest Living in the moment

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Horace
Source
Odes (Horace)
Medium
Poem
Statement Type
Advice
Language
Latin
Time
23 BC 20s BC 1st century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Horace. Carmina [Odes]. 23 BC, bk. 1, no. 11.

Current Citation

Horace. "Odes." The Complete Odes and Epodes, translated by David West. Oxford University Press, 2008, bk. 1, no. 11.

Another quote about Alcohol

My advice to you is to start drinking heavily.

Bluto

Animal House

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Drinking alcohol Alcohol
Speaker
Bluto
Actor
John Belushi
Source
Animal House
Medium
Film
Genre
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Statement Type
Advice
Language
English
Time
1978 1970s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Animal House. Directed by John Landis, Universal Pictures, 1978.

Another quote from Classical antiquity

The object of education is to teach us to love what is beautiful.

Socrates

Quoted in Republic, by Plato

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Speaker
Socrates

Author

Plato
Source
Republic
Medium
Philosophical dialogue
Genre
Philosophical literature
Language
Greek
Time
375 BC 370s BC 4th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Socrates. Quoted in Πολιτεία [Republic], written by Plato. c. 375 BCE.

Current Citation

Socrates. Quoted in Republic, written by Plato, translated by Desmond Lee. Penguin Classics, 2007.

Another quote originally in Latin

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Baruch Spinoza

Ethics

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Nature

Author

Baruch Spinoza
Source
Ethics
Medium
Treatise
Genre
Philosophical literature
Statement Type
Axioms and precepts
Language
Latin
Time
1677 1670s 17th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Spinoza, Baruch. Ethica, Ordine Geometrico Desmonstrata [Ethics, Demonstrated in Geometrical Order]. 1677, pt. 1, prop. 15, note.

Current Citation

Spinoza, Benedict. Ethics, translated by Michael Silverthorne and Matthew J. Kinser. Cambridge University Press, 2018, pt. 1, prop. 15, note.

Another quote of the following type Precepts and axioms

Things are always at their best in their beginning.

Blaise Pascal

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Things get worse

Author

Blaise Pascal
Statement Type
Precepts and axioms
Language
French
Time
1656 1650s 17th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Pascal, Blaise [published as Louis de Montalte]. "February 25, 1656." Les Provinciales ou Les Lettres Escrites [The Provincial Letters]. c. 1657, letter 4.