Horace Quotes about Wisdom
A word once let out of the cage cannot be whistled back again.
Horace (1903). “Horace for English Readers: Being a Translation of the Poems of Quintus Horatius Flaccus Into English Prose”
Epistles bk. 1, no. 18, l. 71
'Epistles' bk. 1, no. 2, l. 62
Mingle some brief folly with wisdom now: To be foolish is sweet at times.
"The Odes of Horace".