We are free to yield to truth.

Quote by Horace

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The power of daring anything their fancy suggest, as always been conceded to the painter...

The power of daring anything their fancy suggest, as always been conceded to the painter...

You must often make erasures if you mean to write what is worthy of being...

You must often make erasures if you mean to write what is worthy of being...

Once a word has been allowed to escape, it cannot be recalled.

Once a word has been allowed to escape, it cannot be recalled.

You must avoid sloth, that wicked siren.

You must avoid sloth, that wicked siren.

Mingle some brief folly with your wisdom.

Mingle some brief folly with your wisdom.

He gains everyone's approval who mixes the pleasant with the useful.

He gains everyone's approval who mixes the pleasant with the useful.

Begin, be bold and venture to be wise.

Begin, be bold and venture to be wise.

A good and faithful judge ever prefers the honorable to the expedient.

A good and faithful judge ever prefers the honorable to the expedient.

Nature is not cruel, pitilessly, indifferent. This is one of the hardest lessons for humans...

Nature is not cruel, pitilessly, indifferent. This is one of the hardest lessons for humans...

Wisdom at times is found in folly

Wisdom at times is found in folly

Mediocrity is not allowed to poets, either by the gods or man

Mediocrity is not allowed to poets, either by the gods or man

He is armed without who is innocent within, be this thy screen, and this thy...

He is armed without who is innocent within, be this thy screen, and this thy...

Mix a little foolishness with your serious plans. It is lovely to be silly at...

Mix a little foolishness with your serious plans. It is lovely to be silly at...

It is the false shame of fools to try to conceal wounds that have not...

It is the false shame of fools to try to conceal wounds that have not...

Anger is a momentary madness, so control your passion or it will control you.

Anger is a momentary madness, so control your passion or it will control you.

While fools shun one set of faults they run into the opposite one.

While fools shun one set of faults they run into the opposite one.

Every old poem is sacred.

Every old poem is sacred.

This is a fault common to all singers, that among their friends they will never...

This is a fault common to all singers, that among their friends they will never...

O imitators, you slavish herd!

O imitators, you slavish herd!

We are often deterred from crime by the disgrace of others.

We are often deterred from crime by the disgrace of others.