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Praestatur laus virtuti, sed multo ocius verno gelu tabescit.
Praise is bestowed on virtue but vanishes more quickly than frost in spring.
—Livius Andronicus (c.280-204 B.C.)
This entry is located in the following units: Latin Proverbs, Mottoes, Phrases, and Words: Group P (page 7) tabe-, tab-, tabes + (page 1) vir-, viri-, virtu- (page 2)