Mix a little foolishness with your prudence: It's good to be silly at the right moment. — Horace
Mix a little foolishness with your prudence: It's good to be silly at the right moment.
In the original Latin
Misce stultitiam consiliis brevem: Dulce est desipere in loco.
Odes · 11 BC
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Horace. "Odes." The Complete Odes and Epodes, translated by David West. Oxford University Press, 2008, bk. 4, no. 12.
Original citation
Horace. Carmina [Odes]. 23 BC, bk. 4, no. 12.