The desire to please, of course, the basis of social relations. Persons who enter society with the aim of producing effects, and can be distinguished, however clever they are, are not happy. They are always bored, and often silly.

Discuss the different ways in which Virgil and Horace respond to the changing political climate of Augustan Rome.

For beginners who are translating Latin, it is important to first find the verbs, then the subjects, then the direct objects, and leave the rest for last.

The phrase “carpe diem” comes from Ode 1.11 by Quintus Horatius Flaccus, otherwise known as Horace. Here the poem is presented with an explanation. See the oft used phrase within the original context.