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Hominum immortalis est infamia; Etiam tum yivit, cum esse credas mortuam. Disgrace is immortal, and living even when one thinks it dead.
Hominum immortalis est infamia; Etiam tum yivit, cum esse credas mortuam. Disgrace is immortal, and living even when one thinks it dead.
Approximate author period: c. 219 BC · classical
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- Plautus
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- Approximate author period: c. 219 BC · classical
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- Hoyt’s New Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations (1922) (1922 AD)
Printed page 197 · quotation 5 · Plautus · Persa. III. 1. 27.
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