French Literary Quotes about "monument"

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Les monuments aux morts des guerres que l'on perd sont moins laids que les monuments aux morts des guerres que l'on gagne.

The memorials to the dead of wars that we lose are less ugly than the memorials to the dead of wars that we win.

Nicole Vedrès 1911-1965 1911-1965 Suite parisienne Mercure de France

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J'ai achevé un monument plus durable que l'airain.

I have completed a monument more durable than brass.

Exegi monumentum aere perennius.

Horace, en latin Quintus Horatius Flaccus Venusia, Apulie, 65-Rome ? 8 avant J.-C. Odes, III, XXX, 1

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