Do the gods light this fire in our hearts or does each man’s mad desire become his god?
VIRGILTime carries all things, even our wits, away.
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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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No benefits can be expected from war.
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All bad fortune is to be conquered by endurance.
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The greatest wealth is health.
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All our sweetest hours fly fastest
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Fear reveals baseborn souls!
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No stranger to misfortune myself, I have learned to relieve the sufferings of others.
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Death twitches my ear, live he says – I am coming.
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A shifty, fickle object is woman, always.
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Mind moves matter.
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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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No other evil we know is faster than Rumor.
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Let me rage before I die.
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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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Time carries all things, even our wits, away.
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