Prodesse et delectare
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"Aut prodesse volunt aut delectare poetae" (English: "to instruct and to delight, that is what poets are aiming at") is a Horace's definition of the aims of poetry (Ars Poetica verse 333).
- „Aut prodesse volunt, aut delectare Poetae,
- Aut simul et jucunda et idonea dicere vitae.
- Quicquid praecipias, esto brevis,
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