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To: DeLaine
“Qualis artifex pereo” is a little hard to translate. Purportedly Nero's dying words as the mutinying Praetorian were closing in on him.

One translation, “What [or such] an artist dies in me!” It reveals his character as a self-absorbed dilettante.

14 posted on 06/22/2008 7:07:07 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (Hillary to Obama: Arkancide happens.)
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To: Lonesome in Massachussets

McCain campaign slogan: Chicago delenda est.


18 posted on 06/22/2008 12:57:57 PM PDT by Charles Henrickson (Veni, Vidi, Vicki: I came, I saw, I'm like, Omigod!)
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