aere perennius
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Along the entryway to Raoult’s institute, there’s a line from Horace: Exegi monumentum aere perennius, “I have crafted a monument more lasting than bronze.”
From New York Times ● May 12, 2020
Let us reverently raise up this "Monument," aere perennius, to his everlasting memory.
From Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 1 by Sir Richard Francis Burton
Old womankind, aere perennius, has carried bundles since the world began.
From The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
George, who had been thinking about theatrical triumphs; about monumentum aere perennius; about lilacs; about love whispered and tenderly accepted, remembers that he has a letter from Harry in his pocket, and gaily produces it.
From The Virginians by William Makepeace Thackeray
July 26.—O, could I only exclaim, Exegi monumentum aere perennius, to the noble, the patriotic, and the good, as well as to the helpless, the selfish, and the counterfeits.
From Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863 by Adam G. de Gurowski, Count
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