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Citation: omnia perdidimus, tantummodo vita relicta est,
praebeat at sensum materiamque mali
Language: Latin
References: The Reverse of the Medal, page 108
Meaning: we have lost everything, and to the extent that life is left,
it offers just the sense and substance of evil.

Notes:


Ovid, Epistulae ex Ponto IV.

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