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I have erected a monument more lasting than bronze. — Horace

Poem

I have erected a monument more lasting than bronze.

In the original Latin

Exegi monumentum aere perennius.

Horace
23 BC
★ 7.1
Other tags relating to this quote
Topic
Immortality through artArtistic legacyArtPoetry
Statement type
Boast
Medium
Poem
Time
23 BCClassical antiquity
Person
Horace
Provenance
Current citation
Horace. "Odes." The Complete Odes and Epodes, translated by David West. Oxford University Press, 2008, bk, 3, no. 30.
Original citation
Horace. Carmina [Odes]. 23 BC, bk. 3, no. 30.

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