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Quintus Horatius Flaccus

Quote of Quintus Horatius Flaccus - The Sage will bear the name...


Biography - Quintus Horatius Flaccus:

Roman lyric poet.
Born: -65 - Died: -8
Period:
1st century BC
Place of birth: Italy
Italy

The Sage will bear the name of insane, and the Just the name of unjust, if in their search for Virtue they go beyond what is sufficient.
Quintus Horatius Flaccus - Epistles


Note 

Note



Other Version: "The wise will be called mad, the just unjust, if they go too far in seeking even goodness."


Quote source: Epistles

Wikisource - Horace - Œuvres (la) (fr) 



Translation

Translation

(German, Latin, French)



German
Ein Weiser sollte verrückt genannt werden, ein Gerechter ungerecht, wenn er übertrieben nach der Tugend strebte.
Quintus Horatius Flaccus - Epistulae

Latin
Insani sapiens nomen ferat, aequus iniqui
Ultra quam satis est virtutem si petat ipsam.

French
Le sage mériterait le nom d’insensé, et le juste celui d’inique, s’il poursuivait la vertu elle-même au delà des bornes.
Quintus Horatius Flaccus - Épîtres



See also 

See also...



It is not wise to be wiser than is necessary.
Philippe Quinault

If we are too wise, we may be equally to blame.
Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, known as Molière - The Misanthrope

Wisdom has its excesses, and has no less need of moderation than does folly.
Michel de Montaigne - Essays

Extreme justice is often an insult.
Jean Racine - La Thébaïde



Quotes for: sage


Quotes

Quotes for: sage


A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.
Francis Bacon - Essays / 





Even for the wise, the desire for glory is the last of all passions to be laid aside.
Publius Cornelius Tacitus / 





From the faults of another a wise man will correct his own.
Publilius Syrus - Sentences / 





It is easier to be wise for others than for ourselves.
François de La Rochefoucauld - Reflections, or Sentences and Moral Maxims / 





Those who live without madness are not as wise as they think.
François de La Rochefoucauld / 





The wise man is rich
Quintus Horatius Flaccus / 






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Quotes for: virtue


Quotes

Quotes about virtue:


All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare.
Baruch Spinoza - Ethics / 





The strangest, most generous, and proudest of all virtues is true courage.
Michel de Montaigne - Essays / 





Happiness is a virtue, not its reward.
Baruch Spinoza / 





'No soul is willing to be robbed of truth', he says. The same holds of justice, too, of temperance, of kindness, and the like. It is most necessary to remember this continually, for thus you will be more gentle to all men.
Marcus Aurelius - Meditations / 





Recommend virtue to your children it alone, not money, can make them happy. I speak from experience.
Ludwig van Beethoven / 





The virtues lose themselves in interest as the rivers are lost in the sea.
François de La Rochefoucauld - Reflections, or Sentences and Moral Maxims / 






All about virtue...




Quotes for: Justice


Quotes

Quotes about Justice:


Where all is well, there is no such thing as injustice. Justice and goodness are inseparable.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau - Emile, or On Education / 





Overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity. It is an act of justice.
Nelson Mandela / 





'No soul is willing to be robbed of truth', he says. The same holds of justice, too, of temperance, of kindness, and the like. It is most necessary to remember this continually, for thus you will be more gentle to all men.
Marcus Aurelius - Meditations / 





There is no justice in putting strength on a level above wisdom.
Xenophanes / 





Justice without power is inefficient; power without justice is tyranny.
Blaise Pascal - Pensées / 





Justice seeks no reward.
Marcus Tullius Cicero - De legibus / 






All about Justice...




Quotes

Quintus Horatius Flaccus also said...


Seize the day.
Quintus Horatius Flaccus - Odes / 





The word flies and cannot be recalled.
Quintus Horatius Flaccus - Epistles / 





There is measure in all things.
Quintus Horatius Flaccus / 





Dare to be wise, begin!
Quintus Horatius Flaccus - Epistles / 





Remember to keep a clear head in difficult times.
Quintus Horatius Flaccus / 





Don't despair.
Quintus Horatius Flaccus - Odes / 







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