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aere perennius

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[ahy-re pe-ren-ni-oos, eer-ee puh-ren-ee-uhs] / ˈaɪ rɛ pɛˈrɛn nɪˌʊs, ˈɪər i pəˈrɛn i əs /
Latin.
  1. more lasting than bronze.


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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

"Exegi monumentum aere perennius" may well be inscribed on the graves or monuments of those three extraordinary men.

From The Strange Story of Harper's Ferry With Legends of the Surrounding Country by Barry, Joseph

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 Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

Bodley determined to escape it, and to make for himself after a very different fashion a name aere perennius.

From In the Name of the Bodleian and Other Essays by Birrell, Augustine

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 De Gurowski, Adam G., count

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