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.
VIRGILDo the gods light this fire in our hearts or does each man’s mad desire become his god?
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No day shall erase you from the memory of time.
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Evil is nourished and grows by concealment.
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Look with favour upon a bold beginning.
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Your descendants shall gather your fruits.
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Mind moves matter.
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Death twitches my ear, live he says – I am coming.
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Trust one who has gone through it.
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The noblest motive is the public good.
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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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Love conquers all things, so we too shall yield to love.
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The only hope for the doomed, is no hope at all.
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All things by nature are ready to get worse.
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All bad fortune is to be conquered by endurance.
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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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Friend, have the courage To care little for wealth, and shape yourself, You too, to merit godhead
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