Happy is the man who has learned the causes of things.
VIRGILIf I cannot move heaven, I will raise hell.
More Virgil Quotes
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No other evil we know is faster than Rumor.
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All things by nature are ready to get worse.
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The descent into Hell is easy.
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When gods are contrary they stand by no one.
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Death twitches my ear, live he says – I am coming.
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The dank night is sweeping down from the sky and the setting stars incline our heads to sleep.
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The noblest motive is the public good.
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All bad fortune is to be conquered by endurance.
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Maybe one day we shall be glad to remember even these hardships.
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Your descendants shall gather your fruits.
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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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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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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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Fear reveals baseborn souls!
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They can because they think they can.
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Trust one who has gone through it.
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Love conquers all things, so we too shall yield to love.
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She nourishes the poison in her veins and is consumed by a secret fire.
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The greatest wealth is health.
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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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Time carries all things, even our wits, away.
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A woman is an ever fickle and changeable thing.
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Fortune sides with him who dares.
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The only hope for the doomed, is no hope at all.
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As it spreads, the rumor gains strength.
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