"Painters and poets," you say, "have always had an equal license in bold invention." We know; we claim the liberty for ourselves and in turn we give it to others.
HoraceThe short span of life forbids us to spin out hope to any length. Soon will night be upon you, and the fabled Shades, and the shadowy Plutonian home.
HoraceIt is but a poor establishment where there are not many superfluous things which the owner knows not of, and which go to the thieves.
Horace