dulce est desipere in loco Phrase
Meaning:
It is sweet on occasion to play the fool. / It is pleasant to relax once in a while.
Comment
Horace, Odes 4, 12, 28. Also used by George Knapton for the portrait of Sir Bourchier Wrey, 6th Baronet in 1744.
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