Why should truth not be impress'd
Beneath the cover of a jest.

Quamquam ridentem dicere verum
Quid vetat?

Horace

Satires

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Topic

Jokes Humor

Author

Horace

Source

Satires

Medium

Poem

Language

Latin

Time

34 BC 30s BC 1st century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Occupation

Poet Writer

From

Italy Europe Roman Empire

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Original Citation

Romulus. Quoted in Saturae [Satires], written by Horace. c. 35 BC, bk. 1.

Current Citation

Romulus. Quoted in Satires and Epistles, written by Horace, translated by John Davie. Oxford University Press, 2011, bk. 1.

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I have erected a monument more lasting than bronze.

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Time
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Horace. Carmina [Odes]. 23 BC, bk. 3, no. 30.

Current Citation

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This cup is the new covenant in My blood. This do, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me.

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Source
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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (1st Corinthians 11:25).

Another quote from Satires

Only two things does he anxiously wish for-bread and circuses.

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The masses Entertainment Purpose of life Decline of civilization

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Juvenal
Source
Satires
Medium
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Language
Latin
Time
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Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 1
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Juvenal. Satirae [Satires]. c. 127, satire 10.

Current Citation

Juvenal. The Satires, translated by Niall Rudd. Oxford University Press, 2008, satire 10.

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Sic transit gloria mundi.

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Impermanence Mortality Vanitas The human condition
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Authentication Score 1
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