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Oh how quickly the glory of the world passes away! — Thomas a Kempis

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Oh how quickly the glory of the world passes away!

In the original Latin

O quam cito transit gloria mundi.

Thomas a Kempis
1427
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Topic
Sic transit gloria
Genre
Religious literature
Time
1427Middle Ages
Person
Thomas a Kempis
Provenance
Current citation
A Kempis, Thomas. The Complete Imitation of Christ, translated by John Julian. Paraclete Press, 2012.
Original citation
A Kempis, Thomas. De Imitatione Christi [The Imitation of Christ]. c. 1427.

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