They can because they think they can.
VIRGILSpare the meek, but subdue the arrogant.
More Virgil Quotes
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Evil is nourished and grows by concealment.
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Do not yield to misfortunes, but advance more boldly to meet them, as your fortune permits you.
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No day shall erase you from the memory of time.
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Spare the meek, but subdue the arrogant.
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No other evil we know is faster than Rumor.
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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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Look with favour upon a bold beginning.
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She nourishes the poison in her veins and is consumed by a secret fire.
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Through pain I’ve learned to comfort suffering men.
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The descent into Hell is easy.
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Your descendants shall gather your fruits.
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Fear reveals baseborn souls!
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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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I fear the Greeks even when they bring gifts.
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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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