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Memento Mori
/məˌmɛntoʊ ˈmɔːɹi/
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What does Memento Mori mean?
noun
- An emblematic object or personal ornament, such as a skull, used as a reminder of one's mortality.
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/məˌmɛntoʊ ˈmɔːɹi/
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That there is a strong physical element in both romance and the Memento Mori makes them if possible more baffling than if they had been wholly intellectual.
No, I’ll be sworn, I make as good use of it as many a man doth of a death’s-head or a memento mori.