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Horace2 quotes
It is sweet to let the mind unbend on occasion. — Horace · 23 BCMix a little foolishness with your prudence:
It's good to be silly at the right moment. — Horace · 11 BCA.J. Liebling1 quote
No sane man can afford to dispense with debilitating pleasures; no ascetic can be considered reliably sane. Hitler was the archetype of the abstemious man. — A.J. Liebling · 1962Henry Wadsworth Longfellow1 quote
And the night shall be filled with music,
And the cares, that infest the day,
Shall fold their tents, like the Arabs,
And as silently steal away. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · 1845