How to Be Content: An Ancient Poet's Guide for an Age of Excess (Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers)What the Roman poet Horace can teach us about how to live a life of contentment What are the secrets to a contented life? One of Romes greatest and most influential poets, Horace (658 BCE) has been cherished by readers for more than two thousand years not only for his wit, style, and reflections on Roman society, but also for his wisdom about how to live a good lifeabove all else, a life of contentment in a world of materialistic excess and personal