Apr 27

Audentes Fortuna Iuvat

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Molly Crabapple submitted this picture of her tattoo.  It reads “Audentes Fortuna Iuvat” (“Fortune Favors the Brave”) and comes from Book X, line 284 of The Aeneid by Publius Vergilius Maro (Virgil).

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