Maxioms by Horace (quintus Horatius Flaccus)
One man with courage makes a majority.
One man with courage makes a majority.
All men do not, in fine, admire or love the same thing.
All men do not, in fine, admire or love the same thing.
He who has imagination without learning has wings but no feet.
[Fr., Celui qui a de l'imagination sans erudition read more
He who has imagination without learning has wings but no feet.
[Fr., Celui qui a de l'imagination sans erudition a des ailes, et
n'a pas de pieds.]
I have reared a memorial more enduring than brass, and loftier
than the regal structure of the pyramids, which read more
I have reared a memorial more enduring than brass, and loftier
than the regal structure of the pyramids, which neither the
corroding shower nor the powerless north wind can destroy; no,
not even unending years nor the flight of time itself. I shall
not entirely die. The greater part of me shall escape oblivion.
[Lat., Exegi monumentum aera perennius
Regalique situ pyramidum altius,
Quod non imber edax, non Aquilo impotens
Possit diruere aut innumerabilis
Annorum series et fuga temporum.
Non omnis moriar, multaque pars mei
Vitabit Libitinam.]
Drawing is the true test of art.
Drawing is the true test of art.