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memento mori
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Latin phrase that can be translated as "remember that you will die" in allusion to the ephemerality of life and the low value of material things. It is the name for a type of artwork that depicts everyday objects alongside others that evoke death, usually a skull. They are also called vanitas. See carpe diem , carpe diem memento mori .

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