Wednesday, May 1, 2024

08.04.24: quotations using future expressions

 Thomas Jefferson wrote, in latin, in 1769:

Verbum sat sapientī. Magna clādēs mox erit iīs quī aliter sunt. │ A word to the wise. A great loss will soon come to those who are otherwise.

From the novelist Aupleius (c. 124-170):

Sed ego tē nārrātiōnibus lepdiīs anīlibusque fābulīs prōtinus āvocābō. │ But right now I shall divert you with a pretty story and old wives’ tales.

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