monumentum aere perennius

Latin quotation from Horace

mo·nu·men·tum ae·re per·en·ni·us ˌmȯ-nu̇-ˈmen-tu̇m-ˌī-re-pe-ˈre-nē-u̇s

: a monument more lasting than bronze

—used of an immortal work of art or literature

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