Death Quote by Horace

“Pulvis et umbra sumus - we are but dust and shadows”

— Cassandra Clare

We are dust and shadow. [Lat., Pulvis et umbra sumus.]

— Horace

“Ode 4.7 Diffugere niues, redeunt iam gramina campis arboribus comae; mutat terra uices et decrescentia ripas flumina praetereunt; Gratia cum Nymphis geminisque sororibus audet…

— Horace

“Omnia Mundi Fumus et Umbra”

— Megan Chance

Pulvis et umbra sumsu." ~ Horace, Odes ("We are dust and Shadows")

— Cassandra Clare

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