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True glory strikes root, and even extends itself; all false pretensions fall as do flowers, nor can any feigned thing be lasting.

Marcus Tullius Cicero
Flower, Fall, Roots
"De Officiis". Treatise by Marcus Tullius Cicero, Book II, section 43, 44 B.C..
True glory strikes root, and even extends itself; all false pretensions fall as do flowers, nor can any feigned thing be lasting.