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Properly Cultured
QuoteMemorizeAges 14–15 · The Moral Imagination
Arma virumque canō. — I sing of arms and a man.
Virgil, -19
Aeneid, Book I, line 1

The opening words of the Aeneid. Three Latin words that anchor the Western epic tradition.

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