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Quotation from The Art of Poetry (Ars Poetica) by Horace
“But he who, mixing grave and gay, can teach And yet give pleasure, gains a vote from each:”
The Art of Poetry (Ars Poetica), lines 343-344 (Latin numbering), trans. John Conington (1870)
The poet who joins the useful and the sweet wins all readers.
Citation: "But he who, mixing grave and gay, can teach And yet give pleasure, gains a vote from each:" — Horace, The Art of Poetry (Ars Poetica), lines 343-344 (Latin numbering), trans. John Conington (1870). (id horace-ars-poetica-q4)
