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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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The descent into Hell is easy.
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Descent Easy Hell One Liner
Time is flying never to return.
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Fly One Liner Return Time Wasted Time
Through pain I’ve learned to comfort suffering men.
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Comfort Learning Men Pain Suffering
Look with favour upon a bold beginning.
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Beginning Bold Favour Look
I fear the Greeks even when they bring gifts.
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Fear Gift
No other evil we know is faster than Rumor.
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Evil Fast One Liner Rumor
Do the gods light this fire in our hearts or does each man’s mad desire become his god?
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Desire Fire God Heart Light Man
Evil is nourished and grows by concealment.
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Conceal Evil Growth Nourish
Let us go singing as far as we go: the road will be less tedious.
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Road Sing
Yield not to evils, but attack all the more boldly.
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Attack Bold Evil Yield
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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Cloud Earth Ground Rumor Start Voice Walk
Time carries all things, even our wits, away.
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Away Carry Time Wit
She has a human face and as far as the groin she is a girl with lovely breasts, but below she is a monstrous sea creature, her womb full of wolves
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Face Girl Human Sea She Women
A shifty, fickle object is woman, always.
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Object Women
It is easy to go down into Hell but to climb back again, to retrace one’s steps to the upper air – there’s the rub.
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Air Climb Easy Hell Step
Friend, have the courage To care little for wealth, and shape yourself, You too, to merit godhead
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Care Courage Friendship God Merit Shape Wealth Yourself

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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