Caballero wrote:And isn't it "vox audita"? Literally, The voice, heard, perishes; the word, written, remains.On Sun, 25 Mar 2007, Michael Norman wrote:>Ah, Harry. I'm not sure he said it, but if he did Cicero would be proud of you: Vox audit perit litera scripta manet ("The spoken word never stays; the written world never perishes," [a liberal translation, I think].)A bit liberal, yes. "Manet" is simply "remains."-- Patricia M. Godfrey PriscaMG@xxxxxxxx