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The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations Preface

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‘Odes’ bk. 3, no. 29, l. 12<br />

Exegi monumentum aere perennius.<br />

I have erected a monument more lasting than bronze.<br />

‘Odes’ bk. 3, no. 30, l. 1<br />

Non omnis moriar.<br />

I shall not altogether die.<br />

‘Odes’ bk. 3, no. 30, l. 6<br />

Non sum qualis eram bonae<br />

Sub regno Cinarae.<br />

I am not as I was when dear Cinara was my queen.<br />

‘Odes’ bk. 4, no. 1, l. 3<br />

Quod spiro et placeo, si placeo, tuum est.<br />

That I make poetry and give pleasure (if I give pleasure) are because <strong>of</strong> you.<br />

‘Odes’ bk. 4, no. 3, l. 24<br />

Merses pr<strong>of</strong>undo: pulchrior evenit.<br />

Plunge it in deep water: it comes up more beautiful.<br />

‘Odes’ bk. 4, no. 4, l. 65<br />

Occidit, occidit<br />

Spes omnis et fortuna nostri<br />

Nominis Hasdrubale interempto.<br />

All our hope is fallen, fallen, and the luck <strong>of</strong> our name lost with Hasdrubal.<br />

‘Odes’ bk. 4, no. 4, l. 70<br />

Diffugere nives, redeunt iam gramina campis<br />

Arboribusque comae.<br />

<strong>The</strong> snows have dispersed, now grass returns to the fields and leaves to the trees.<br />

‘Odes’ bk. 4, no. 7, l. 1<br />

Immortalia ne speres, monet annus et almum<br />

Quae rapit hora diem.<br />

<strong>The</strong> year and the hour which robs us <strong>of</strong> the fair day warn us not to hope for things to last for<br />

ever.<br />

‘Odes’ bk. 4, no. 7, l. 7<br />

Dignum laude virum Musa vetat mori.<br />

<strong>The</strong> man worthy <strong>of</strong> praise the Muse forbids to die.<br />

‘Odes’ bk. 4, no. 8, l. 28<br />

Vixere fortes ante Agamemnona<br />

Multi; sed omnes illacrimabiles<br />

Urgentur ignotique longa<br />

Nocte, carent quia vate sacro.

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