“Even the great Homer sometimes nods.”

Original: Quandoque bonus dormitat Homerus. — A gentle observation that even supreme masters make minor slips. · Ars Poetica (Latin)

• Authors
• Error
• Humility

“He has achieved every vote who has combined the useful with the agreeable, delighting the reader while instructing him.”

Original: Omne tulit punctum qui miscuit utili dulci, lectorem delectando pariterque monendo. — Highlights the ideal harmony of pleasure and moral purpose in writing. · Ars Poetica (Latin)

• Pleasure
• Wisdom
• Writing

“A poem is like a picture: one strikes you more if you stand near, another if you move further back.”

Original: Ut pictura poesis: erit quae, si propius stes, te capiat magis, et quaedam, si longius abstes. — Expresses how different works of art require varied perspectives to be fully appreciated. · Ars Poetica (Latin)

• Art
• Perception
• Poetry