Let no one honour me with tears, or bury me with lamentation. Why? Because I fly hither and thither, living in the mouths of men.

— Ennius Attributed

Nemo me lacrymis decoret, nec funera fletu.
Faxit cur? Volito vivu' per ora virum.

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