Look with favour upon a bold beginning.
VIRGILEvery 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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Time passes irrevocably.
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I fear the Greeks even when they bring gifts.
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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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Trust one who has gone through it.
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Your descendants shall gather your fruits.
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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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Let us go singing as far as we go: the road will be less tedious.
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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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The dank night is sweeping down from the sky and the setting stars incline our heads to sleep.
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Mind moves matter.
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Through pain I’ve learned to comfort suffering men.
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Each of us bears his own Hell.
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Time is flying never to return.
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A shifty, fickle object is woman, always.
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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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