May 25, 2019
Pulvis et umbra sumus
«Damna tamen celeres reparant celestiae lunae:
nos ubi decidimus
quo pater Aeneas, quo Tullus dives et Ancus,
pulvis et umbra sumus.
Quis scit an adiciant hodiernae crastina summae
tempora di superi?»
"Yet the moons swiftly mend heavenly damage: once we have fallen where father Aeneas, where rich Tullus and Ancus did, we are dust and shadow. Who knows if the gods will add to the present's sum the hours of tomorrow?"
-Horace, IV book, ode 7, vv. 13-18
(My own translation)
