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Horace Quotes: Alas, Postumus, the fleeting years slip by, nor will piety give any stay to wrinkles and pressing old age and untamable death.
         

Alas, Postumus, the fleeting years slip by, nor will piety give any stay to wrinkles and pressing old age and untamable death.


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This page presents the quote "Alas, Postumus, the fleeting years slip by, nor will piety give any stay to wrinkles and pressing old age and untamable death.". Author of this quote is Horace. This quote is about death, latin, piety, old age, alas, wrinkles, fleeting, years,.