# Epigraph explained — Privy Seal

> Chapter companion for Privy Seal by Ford Madox Ford.

## What happens

The epigraph presents a Latin quotation from Horace, reflecting on the power and happiness of one who can say each day, 'I have lived.'

## Key lines

> Ille potens… et laetus cui licet in diem Dixisse: Vixi!…

That man is powerful and happy who is allowed to say each day: I have lived!

_The epigraph sets a tone of stoic contentment and reflection on mortality._

## Links

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