Yeah, you're more or less right. It is adapted from a passage in the letters ad Atticum, but not a direct quote. Maybe it is wrong for me to attribute it to C. in this form.Originally Posted by Advo-san
Re: origins of the middle finger
Yeah, you're more or less right. It is adapted from a passage in the letters ad Atticum, but not a direct quote. Maybe it is wrong for me to attribute it to C. in this form.@red peasant
IIRC the phrase is spiro, spero. Dum was added later on. But I m not sure, I might be doing a terrible mistake actually..
Dum spiro spero
A great many people think they are thinking when they are really rearranging their prejudices.
- William James
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