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March 15, 2004
The Wisdom of The Ancients

As the Romans used to say,

Gens Gallorum inerudita servilis agrestis est, in turguriis foetidis habitans.

In English:

"The French are an ignorant bunch of servile peasants living in smelly huts."

(Courtesy of Henry Beard's new book, X-Treme Latin: Unleash Your Inner Gladiator.)

Posted by Russ at 10:00 PM, March 15, 2004 in Idiots

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