aere perennius

[ ahy-re pe-ren-ni-oos; English eer-ee puh-ren-ee-uhs ]

/ ˈaɪ rɛ pɛˈrɛn nɪˌʊs; English ˈɪər i pəˈrɛn i əs /

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Latin.

more lasting than bronze.

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Enatum inde monumentum aere perennius, licet passim appareant sinistre dicta, minus perfecta, veritati non satis consentanea.
Memoirs of My Life and Writings|Edward Gibbon
But durable it is, and it hands down to posterity a monumentum re perennius, the absolute worth of which passes computation.
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Bodley determined to escape it, and to make for himself after a very different fashion a name aere perennius.
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"He might have said, 'Exegi monumentum re perennius'" said Hardy.
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Exegi monumentum re perennius—I have reared a memorial of myself more durable than brass.
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