Look with favour upon a bold beginning.
VIRGILFortune favors the bold.
More Virgil Quotes
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Time carries all things, even our wits, away.
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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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Fortune sides with him who dares.
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Your descendants shall gather your fruits.
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All bad fortune is to be conquered by endurance.
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She nourishes the poison in her veins and is consumed by a secret fire.
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I fear the Greeks even when they bring gifts.
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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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As it spreads, the rumor gains strength.
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Yield not to evils, but attack all the more boldly.
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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 benefits can be expected from war.
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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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All our sweetest hours fly fastest
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Let us go singing as far as we go: the road will be less tedious.
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The noblest motive is the public good.
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Death twitches my ear, live he says – I am coming.
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A shifty, fickle object is woman, always.
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The greatest wealth is health.
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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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No stranger to misfortune myself, I have learned to relieve the sufferings of others.
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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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Fear reveals baseborn souls!
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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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When gods are contrary they stand by no one.
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