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quantum mutatus ab illo
kwawn-tuhm-myoo-TAW-tuhs awb-I-lo
phrase
he is a changed person; his circumstances have changed from what they were
1753Tobias SmollettThe Adventures of Ferdinand Count FathomAnd now, to return from this digression, you will perhaps be surprised to hear that the head or chairman of our club is really a sovereign prince; no less, I'll assure you, than the celebrated Theodore king of Corsica, who lies in prison for a debt of a few hundred pounds. Heu! quantum mutatus ab illo.1915Irwin L. GordonWho Was Who: 5000 B. C. to DateLEOPOLD, King, of the Congo and Belgium. Has not been dead long enough for historians to make him famous. Ambition: Song, women, and wine. Recreation: Wine, women, and song. Address: Several in Brussels. Epitaph: Quantum Mutatus Ab Illo.

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