“Tis not sufficient to combine
Well-chosen words in a well-ordered line.”
Book I, satire iv, line 54 (translated by John Conington)
Satires (c. 35 BC and 30 BC)
Original
Non satis est puris versum perscribere verbis.
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Horace 92
Roman lyric poet -65–-8 BCRelated quotes
“No blade can puncture the human heart like the well-chosen words of a spiteful son.”
Source: Cutting for Stone
in I don't believe in word senses http://www.kilgarriff.co.uk/Publications/1997-K-CHum-believe.pdf (1997), p. 25
“Books, like friends, should be few and well chosen.”
Joineriana: or The Book of Scraps (London: 1772), Vol. I, p. 40
“Those who have a well-ordered character lead also a well-ordered life.”
Source Book in Ancient Philosophy (1907), The Golden Sayings of Democritus
“A well-chosen book saves you from everything, including yourself.”
Source: The Rights of the Reader
“What is a well-chosen collection of pictures, but walls hung round with thoughts?”
Quoted in The Examiner (1825) p. 633.
Other
“Tis colder outside than a well-born maiden’s heart.”
Source: The Broken Sword (1954), Chapter 24 (p. 171)
