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  1. A quotation from Horace

    Good Homer sometimes nods, which gives me a jerk —
    But sleep may well worm its way into any long work!
     
                                                                [Et idem
    indignor, quandoque bonus dormitat Homerus;
    verum operi longo fas est obrepere somnum.]

    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. 358ff (2.3.358-360) (19 BC) [tr. Palmer Bovie (1959)]

    More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/horace/14656/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #horace #homer #homernods #humannature #error #flaw #frailty #genius #greatness #humancondition #imperfection #shortcoming

  2. A quotation from Horace

    Good Homer sometimes nods, which gives me a jerk —
    But sleep may well worm its way into any long work!
     
                                                                [Et idem
    indignor, quandoque bonus dormitat Homerus;
    verum operi longo fas est obrepere somnum.]

    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. 358ff (2.3.358-360) (19 BC) [tr. Palmer Bovie (1959)]

    More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/horace/14656/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #horace #homer #homernods #humannature #error #flaw #frailty #genius #greatness #humancondition #imperfection #shortcoming

  3. A quotation from Horace

    Good Homer sometimes nods, which gives me a jerk —
    But sleep may well worm its way into any long work!
     
                                                                [Et idem
    indignor, quandoque bonus dormitat Homerus;
    verum operi longo fas est obrepere somnum.]

    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. 358ff (2.3.358-360) (19 BC) [tr. Palmer Bovie (1959)]

    More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/horace/14656/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #horace #homer #homernods #humannature #error #flaw #frailty #genius #greatness #humancondition #imperfection #shortcoming

  4. A quotation from Horace

    Good Homer sometimes nods, which gives me a jerk —
    But sleep may well worm its way into any long work!
     
                                                                [Et idem
    indignor, quandoque bonus dormitat Homerus;
    verum operi longo fas est obrepere somnum.]

    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. 358ff (2.3.358-360) (19 BC) [tr. Palmer Bovie (1959)]

    More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/horace/14656/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #horace #homer #homernods #humannature #error #flaw #frailty #genius #greatness #humancondition #imperfection #shortcoming

  5. A quotation from Horace

    Good Homer sometimes nods, which gives me a jerk —
    But sleep may well worm its way into any long work!
     
                                                                [Et idem
    indignor, quandoque bonus dormitat Homerus;
    verum operi longo fas est obrepere somnum.]

    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. 358ff (2.3.358-360) (19 BC) [tr. Palmer Bovie (1959)]

    More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/horace/14656/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #horace #homer #homernods #humannature #error #flaw #frailty #genius #greatness #humancondition #imperfection #shortcoming

  6. A quotation from Katharine Lee Bates

          America! America!
       God mend thine ev’ry flaw,
    Confirm thy soul in self-control,
       Thy liberty in law.

    Katharine Lee Bates (1859-1929) American writer and poet
    Poem (1893), “America,” st. 2 (1904 ed.)

    More info about this quote: wist.info/bates-katharine-lee/…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #KatharineLeeBates #America #error #flaw #higherlaw #law #lawandorder #liberty #patriotism #prayer #selfcontrol #shortcoming #defect #freedom

  7. A quotation from Katharine Lee Bates

          America! America!
       God mend thine ev’ry flaw,
    Confirm thy soul in self-control,
       Thy liberty in law.

    Katharine Lee Bates (1859-1929) American writer and poet
    Poem (1893), “America,” st. 2 (1904 ed.)

    More info about this quote: wist.info/bates-katharine-lee/…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #KatharineLeeBates #America #error #flaw #higherlaw #law #lawandorder #liberty #patriotism #prayer #selfcontrol #shortcoming #defect #freedom

  8. A quotation from Katharine Lee Bates

          America! America!
       God mend thine ev’ry flaw,
    Confirm thy soul in self-control,
       Thy liberty in law.

    Katharine Lee Bates (1859-1929) American writer and poet
    Poem (1893), “America,” st. 2 (1904 ed.)

    More info about this quote: wist.info/bates-katharine-lee/…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #KatharineLeeBates #America #error #flaw #higherlaw #law #lawandorder #liberty #patriotism #prayer #selfcontrol #shortcoming #defect #freedom

  9. A quotation from Katharine Lee Bates

          America! America!
       God mend thine ev’ry flaw,
    Confirm thy soul in self-control,
       Thy liberty in law.

    Katharine Lee Bates (1859-1929) American writer and poet
    Poem (1893), “America,” st. 2 (1904 ed.)

    More info about this quote: wist.info/bates-katharine-lee/…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #KatharineLeeBates #America #error #flaw #higherlaw #law #lawandorder #liberty #patriotism #prayer #selfcontrol #shortcoming #defect #freedom

  10. A quotation from Katharine Lee Bates

          America! America!
       God mend thine ev’ry flaw,
    Confirm thy soul in self-control,
       Thy liberty in law.

    Katharine Lee Bates (1859-1929) American writer and poet
    Poem (1893), “America,” st. 2 (1904 ed.)

    More info about this quote: wist.info/bates-katharine-lee/…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #KatharineLeeBates #America #error #flaw #higherlaw #law #lawandorder #liberty #patriotism #prayer #selfcontrol #shortcoming #defect #freedom

  11. A quotation from Mignon McLaughlin

    In retrospect, our triumphs could as easily have happened to someone else; but our defeats are uniquely our own.

    Mignon McLaughlin (1913-1983) American journalist and author
    The Neurotic’s Notebook, ch. 9 (1963)

    Sourcing, notes: wist.info/mclaughlin-mignon/75…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #defeat #failure #idiosyncracy, #shortcoming #selfcriticism #triumph #ubiquitous #unique #victory

  12. A quotation from Mignon McLaughlin

    In retrospect, our triumphs could as easily have happened to someone else; but our defeats are uniquely our own.

    Mignon McLaughlin (1913-1983) American journalist and author
    The Neurotic’s Notebook, ch. 9 (1963)

    Sourcing, notes: wist.info/mclaughlin-mignon/75…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #defeat #failure #idiosyncracy, #shortcoming #selfcriticism #triumph #ubiquitous #unique #victory