Lexicon:Fui non sum non curo

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(nb should probably be ''non fui'', 'I didn't exist': see ''[[Master and Commander (novel)|Master and Commander]]'' 232) a common tomb inscription (in the ''non fui'' version) with the sense of 'I came from nowhere, and now I've gone — what does such a fleeting life matter anyway?'.
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'Non fui, fui, non sum, non curo' Meaning "I didn't exist, I did exist, I don't exist, I don't care" often abbreviated as "NFFNSNC"
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Current revision as of 14:58, 25 September 2009

Citation: fui non sum non curo
Language: Latin
References: Post Captain, page 449
Meaning: I did exist; I don't exist now; I care not.

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'Non fui, fui, non sum, non curo' Meaning "I didn't exist, I did exist, I don't exist, I don't care" often abbreviated as "NFFNSNC"

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