aere perennius

[ ahy-re pe-ren-ni-oos; English eer-ee puh-ren-ee-uhs ]

Latin.

1. more lasting than bronze.

Example Sentences

Along the entryway to Raoult’s institute, there’s a line from Horace: Exegi monumentum aere perennius, “I have crafted a monument more lasting than bronze.”

From New York Times

These proud palaces will long have disappeared and been forgotten when this work, a monumentum aere perennius, shall still testify to future generations the standard of scientific attainment at the beginning of the twentieth century.

From Project Gutenberg

Disbelief in the "monumentum aere perennius".13—A decided disadvantage, attending the termination of metaphysical modes of thought, is that the individual fixes his mind too attentively upon his own brief lifetime and feels no strong inducement to aid in the foundation of institutions capable of enduring for centuries: he wishes himself to gather the fruit from the tree that he plants and consequently he no longer plants those trees which require centuries of constant cultivation and are destined to afford shade to generation after generation in the future.

From Project Gutenberg

"Exegi monumentum aere perennius" may well be inscribed on the graves or monuments of those three extraordinary men.

From Project Gutenberg

Who could subscribe to a monumentum aere perennius?

From Project Gutenberg