"Animula vagula blandula, hospes comesque corporis, quae nunc abibis in loca, pallidula, rigida, nudula, nec ut soles dabis iocos?"
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"Hadrian's Dying Farewell to His Soul", in the Historia Augusta, "Hadrianus", pt. 2, sec. 25, par. 9 (tr. J. W. Duff, 1934)
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Hadrian (Publius Aelius Trajan Hadrian; 24 January 76 – 10 July 138) was Roman emperor from 117 to 138.
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