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.
VIRGILNo day shall erase you from the memory of time.
More Virgil Quotes
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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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The descent into Hell is easy.
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All bad fortune is to be conquered by endurance.
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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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Friend, have the courage To care little for wealth, and shape yourself, You too, to merit godhead
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Let us go singing as far as we go: the road will be less tedious.
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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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The dank night is sweeping down from the sky and the setting stars incline our heads to sleep.
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The only hope for the doomed, is no hope at all.
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Look with favour upon a bold beginning.
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No benefits can be expected from war.
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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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Fortune favors the bold.
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Fear reveals baseborn souls!
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Love conquers all things, so we too shall yield to love.
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