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.
VIRGILI fear the Greeks even when they bring gifts.
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Look with favour upon a bold beginning.
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No other evil we know is faster than Rumor.
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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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I fear the Greeks even when they bring gifts.
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All bad fortune is to be conquered by endurance.
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Mind moves matter.
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The only hope for the doomed, is no hope at all.
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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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Maybe one day we shall be glad to remember even these hardships.
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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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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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Fortune favors the bold.
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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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As it spreads, the rumor gains strength.
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