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I have erected amonument more lasting than bronze.

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Horace
Philosopher
Poet
Writer
Quintus Horatius Flaccus
Q. Horatius Flaccus
Horatius
Horatius Flaccus
Erected
Bronze
Latin
Lasting
Appreciation

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