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Quotation from The Art of Poetry (Ars Poetica) by Horace
“A bard will wish to profit or to please, Or, as a tertium quid, do both of these.”
The Art of Poetry (Ars Poetica), lines 333-334 (Latin numbering), trans. John Conington (1870)
The aims of poetry: to instruct, to delight, or both.
Citation: "A bard will wish to profit or to please, Or, as a tertium quid, do both of these." — Horace, The Art of Poetry (Ars Poetica), lines 333-334 (Latin numbering), trans. John Conington (1870). (id horace-ars-poetica-q3)
