Mors et fugacem persequitur virum.
— Virgil Ancient

Aeneid

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Context

Georgics, Book III, line 68 (often paraphrased or altered)

Date / Period

~29 BC

Category

Controversial

Source

https://www.gutenberg.org/files/2268/2268-h/2268-h.htm

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Unverifiable

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