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Horace Quotes: Once a word has been allowed to escape, it cannot be recalled.
         

Once a word has been allowed to escape, it cannot be recalled.


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This page presents the quote "Once a word has been allowed to escape, it cannot be recalled.". Author of this quote is Horace. This quote is about silence, communication, words we speak,.