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Thursday, July 06, 2006

Perfection!

"I shall do less whenever I shall believe what I am doing hurts the cause and I shall do more whenever I shall believe doing more will help the cause. I shall try to correct errors when shown to be errors and I shall adopt new views so fast as they shall appear to be true views."

Abraham Lincoln, 16th US president
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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

It's accurate to be done this way, or I'll never see any perfect achievement any other way arround!

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Peaceful Blog said...

* Commencement!

"He who has begun has half done. Dare to be wise – begin!"

Horace
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) was born at Venosa (Vunesia) on December 8, 65 BC, and died on November 27, 8 BC. He was a Roman lyric poet and satirist during the time of Augustus.

Horace’s father was a freedman, but he played great role to sophisticate his son. He spent lot of money to educate him, following him to Rome and then to Greece to study Greek and philosophy. He wrote about his father: "I could never be ashamed of such a father, nor do I feel any need, as many people do, to apologize for being a freedman's son."

Horace joined the army serving Brutus after the assassination of Julius Caesar in March 44 BC. He fled during the Battle of Philippi and returned to Italy when an amnesty was given to those who fought Augustus, to find his father dead and to suffer from confiscating his estate leaving him to poverty.

Horace struggled to find ways to purchase a clerkship in the quaestor's office and to write his poetry. As a Latin lyric poet Horace joined a group of poets included Virgil. He wrote many Latin poems (in Greek metres) like "Epodes", "Ars Poetica", "Carmen Saeculare" (Song of the Ages) and many other books.

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