"Don't let the bastards get you down!" 1945

[Jonathan Lighter]

The words clearly read:

NON ILLEGITIMUS CARBORUNDUM.

Sorry for the slip. It's still the fifth century BCE, however.

JL

On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 9:13 AM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>wrote:

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> In the recent film of _Coriolanus_ (2011), the words colorfully sprayed on
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> ILLEGITIMUS NON CARBORUNDUM.
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> That would have been in the fifth century BCE.
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