Each of us bears his own Hell.
VIRGILIt 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.
More Virgil Quotes
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They can because they think they can.
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Time carries all things, even our wits, away.
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Spare the meek, but subdue the arrogant.
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Death twitches my ear, live he says – I am coming.
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When gods are contrary they stand by no one.
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Fortune sides with him who dares.
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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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Let us go singing as far as we go: the road will be less tedious.
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Time is flying never to return.
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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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Fortune favors the bold.
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Evil is nourished and grows by concealment.
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No other evil we know is faster than Rumor.
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Let me rage before I die.
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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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