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Quotation from The Art of Poetry (Ars Poetica) by Horace

“Of writing well, be sure, the secret lies In wisdom: therefore study to be wise.”

Horace

The Art of Poetry (Ars Poetica), lines 309-310 (Latin numbering), trans. John Conington (1870)

Good writing depends on good thinking, learned from philosophy.

Citation: "Of writing well, be sure, the secret lies In wisdom: therefore study to be wise." — Horace, The Art of Poetry (Ars Poetica), lines 309-310 (Latin numbering), trans. John Conington (1870). (id horace-ars-poetica-q5)

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