No stranger to misfortune myself, I have learned to relieve the sufferings of others.
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.
More Virgil Quotes
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The noblest motive is the public good.
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Let me rage before I die.
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Happy is the man who has learned the causes of things.
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All things by nature are ready to get worse.
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The greatest wealth is health.
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Spare the meek, but subdue the arrogant.
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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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They can because they think they can.
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Each of us bears his own Hell.
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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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Time carries all things, even our wits, away.
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Look with favour upon a bold beginning.
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Maybe one day we shall be glad to remember even these hardships.
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The descent into Hell is easy.
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If I cannot move heaven, I will raise hell.
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