Quote of Lucretius, Titus Lucretius Carus - The mask is torn off, the...
Biography - Lucretius, Titus Lucretius Carus:
Roman poet and philosopher. (*Approximate years of birth and death).
Born: -99 - Died: -53
Period:
1st century BC
Place of birth: Italy
Born: -99 - Died: -53
Period:
1st century BC
Place of birth: Italy
The mask is torn off, the reality remains.
Translation
(French, German, Latin)
Eripitur persona, manet res.
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Quotes about mask:
Virtue will not be followed but for herself; and, if we sometimes borrow her mask for some other occasion, she presently pulls it off again.
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