Verba volant, scripta manent is a Latin proverb, which translates as "(spoken) words fly away, written ones remain". Other versions include verba volant, (sed) littera scripta manet, "(spoken) words fly away, but the written letter remains"[i].[1][2]
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- ^ Rev. James Wood (ed.), Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources, Frederick Warne and Co., London and New York (1893), p. 512.
- ^ John G. Robertson (ed.), Words for a Modern Age: A Cross Reference of Combining Latin and Greek Elements, Senior Scribe Publications (1991), Appendix 'N', p. 253.