The noblest motive is the public good.
VIRGILTime carries all things, even our wits, away.
More Virgil Quotes
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Every man’s last day is fixed. Lifetimes are brief, and not to be regained, for all mankind. But by their deeds to make their fame last: that is labor for the brave.
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Death twitches my ear, live he says – I am coming.
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Through pain I’ve learned to comfort suffering men.
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Evil is nourished and grows by concealment.
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All our sweetest hours fly fastest
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Love conquers all things, so we too shall yield to love.
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Look with favour upon a bold beginning.
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Every man’s last day is fixed. Lifetimes are brief, and not to be regained, for all mankind. But by their deeds to make their fame last: that is labor for the brave.
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Let us go singing as far as we go: the road will be less tedious.
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Fortune favors the bold.
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Rumor starts as a timid thing, But soon it covers the earth, and its voices ring, While its feet walk the ground and its head is above the clouds.
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Fortunate is he whose mind has the power to probe the causes of things and trample underfoot all terrors and inexorable fate.
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The dank night is sweeping down from the sky and the setting stars incline our heads to sleep.
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Do the gods light this fire in our hearts or does each man’s mad desire become his god?
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Mind moves matter.
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