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Latin
Pronunciation
Proverb
vōx audīta perit, lītera scrīpta manet
- A heard voice perishes, but the written letter remains.
Usage notes
- This saying is in pentameter.
See also
- res audita perit, litera scripta manet (“a thing heard perishes; the written letter remains”)
- litera scripta manet, verbum ut inane perit (“the written letter remains, as the empty word perishes”)
- littera scripta manet, volat irrevocabile verbum (“the written letter remains, the spoken word flies away, not to be recalled”)
- vox emissa volat, litera scripta manet (“while words spoken may fly away, the written letter remains”)
- verba volant, scripta manent (“the words fly away, the written letter remains”)