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Quotation from The Art of Poetry (Ars Poetica) by Horace
“Bring in no god save as a last resource,”
The Art of Poetry (Ars Poetica), line 191 (Latin numbering), trans. John Conington (1870)
Advice to dramatists against resolving a plot by a god from the machine.
Citation: "Bring in no god save as a last resource," — Horace, The Art of Poetry (Ars Poetica), line 191 (Latin numbering), trans. John Conington (1870). (id horace-ars-poetica-q2)
