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Quotation from The Art of Poetry (Ars Poetica) by Horace
“Whene'er you lecture, be concise: the soul Takes in short maxims, and retains them whole:”
The Art of Poetry (Ars Poetica), line 335 (Latin numbering), trans. John Conington (1870)
On brevity in teaching.
Citation: "Whene'er you lecture, be concise: the soul Takes in short maxims, and retains them whole:" — Horace, The Art of Poetry (Ars Poetica), line 335 (Latin numbering), trans. John Conington (1870). (id horace-ars-poetica-q6)
