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  1. A quotation from Horace

    Whene’er you lecture, be concise: the soul
    Takes in short maxims, and retains them whole:
    But pour in water when the vessel’s filled,
    It simply dribbles over and is spilled.
     
    [Quidquid praecipies, esto brevis, ut cito dicta
    percipiant animi dociles teneantque fideles:
    omne supervacuum pleno de pectore manat.]

    Horace (65–8 BC) Roman poet, satirist, soldier, politician [Quintus Horatius Flaccus]
    Epistles [Epistularum, Letters], Book 2, ep. 3 “Art of Poetry [Ars Poetica; To the Pisos],” l. 335ff (2.3.335-337) (19 BC) [tr. Conington (1874)]

    More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/horace/33634/

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  2. A quotation from Samuel Johnson

    Men more frequently require to be reminded than informed.

    Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English writer, lexicographer, critic
    Essay (1750-03-24), The Rambler, No. 2

    More about this quote: wist.info/johnson-samuel/20042…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #samueljohnson #advice #awareness #counsel #education #error #information #mistake #reminder #teaching #willfulignorance

  3. A quotation from Horace

    Whene’er you lecture, be concise: the soul
    Takes in short maxims, and retains them whole:
    But pour in water when the vessel’s filled,
    It simply dribbles over and is spilled.
     
    [Quidquid praecipies, esto brevis, ut cito dicta
    percipiant animi dociles teneantque fideles:
    omne supervacuum pleno de pectore manat.]

    Horace (65–8 BC) Roman poet, satirist, soldier, politician [Quintus Horatius Flaccus]
    Epistles [Epistularum, Letters], Book 2, ep. 3 “Art of Poetry [Ars Poetica; To the Pisos],” l. 335ff (2.3.335-337) (19 BC) [tr. Conington (1874)]

    More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/horace/33634/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #advice #brevity #briefness #counsel #edification #keepitsimple #lesson #maxim #moral #moralizing #precept #succinct #teaching #wisdom