Cutting loose

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And the night shall be filled with music,
And the cares, that infest the day,
Shall fold their tents, like the Arabs,
And as silently steal away.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The Waif: A Collection of Poems

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Cutting loose

Author

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Source

Proem The Waif: A Collection of Poems

Language

English

Time

1845 1840s 19th century

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Original Citation

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. "Proem." The Waif: A Collection of Poems. Boston: John Owen, 1845, st. 11.

Current Citation

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. "The Day Is Done." Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: Poems and Other Writings, edited by J. D. McClatchy. Library of America, 2000, st. 11.

It is sweet to let the mind unbend on occasion.

Horace

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Cutting loose

Author

Horace

Source

Odes (Horace)

Medium

Poem

Language

Latin

Time

23 BC 20s BC 1st century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

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Original Citation

Horace. Carmina [Odes]. 23 BC, bk. 4, no. 12.

Current Citation

Horace. "Odes." The Complete Odes and Epodes, translated by David West. Oxford University Press, 2008, bk. 4, no. 12.

Mix a little foolishness with your prudence:
It's good to be silly at the right moment.

Horace

Odes

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Cutting loose Having fun Timing

Author

Horace

Source

Odes

Medium

Poem

Statement Type

Advice

Language

Latin

Time

11 BC 10s BC 1st century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Horace. Carmina [Odes]. 23 BC, bk. 4, no. 12.

Current Citation

Horace. "Odes." The Complete Odes and Epodes, translated by David West. Oxford University Press, 2008, bk. 4, no. 12.

No sane man can afford to dispense with debilitating pleasures; no ascetic can be considered reliably sane. Hitler was the archetype of the abstemious man.

A.J. Liebling

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Cutting loose Asceticism

Author

A.J. Liebling

Source

La Nautique

Language

English

Time

1962 1960s 20th century

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Citation

Liebling, Abbott Joseph. "La Nautique." Between Meals: An Appetite for Paris. Simon & Schuster, 1959.