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.
VIRGILThe gates of Hell are open night and day; smooth the descent and easy is the way.
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Fear reveals baseborn souls!
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Yield not to evils, but attack all the more boldly.
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No other evil we know is faster than Rumor.
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All bad fortune is to be conquered by endurance.
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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 gates of Hell are open night and day; smooth the descent and easy is the way.
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No stranger to misfortune myself, I have learned to relieve the sufferings of others.
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Spare the meek, but subdue the arrogant.
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All our sweetest hours fly fastest
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She nourishes the poison in her veins and is consumed by a secret fire.
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Time passes irrevocably.
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If I cannot move heaven, I will raise hell.
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No benefits can be expected from war.
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Maybe one day we shall be glad to remember even these hardships.
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When gods are contrary they stand by no one.
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