Pulvis et umbra sumus. (<i>We are but dust and shadow.</i>) - Horace

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Pulvis et umbra sumus. (We are but dust and shadow.)

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Quintus Horatius Flaccus (8 December 65 BC – 27 November 8 BC), known in the English-speaking world as Horace, was the leading lyric poet in Latin.

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Native Name: Q. Horatius Flaccus
Alternative Names: Quintus Horatius Flaccus Horatius Horatius Flaccus
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