"Vera gloria radices agit atque etiam propagatur, ficta omnia celeriter tamquam flosculi decidunt nec simulatum potest quicquam esse diuturnum."
— Cicero

January 1, 1970

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True glory strikes root, and even extends itself; all false pretensions fall as do flowers, nor can anything feigned be lasting. — Book II, section 43