Do the gods light this fire in our hearts or does each man’s mad desire become his god?
VIRGILDo not yield to misfortunes, but advance more boldly to meet them, as your fortune permits you.
More Virgil Quotes
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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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Time carries all things, even our wits, away.
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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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Fortune favors the bold.
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Look with favour upon a bold beginning.
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Let us go singing as far as we go: the road will be less tedious.
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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.
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All our sweetest hours fly fastest
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A woman is an ever fickle and changeable thing.
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Time passes irrevocably.
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All things by nature are ready to get worse.
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Through pain I’ve learned to comfort suffering men.
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No other evil we know is faster than Rumor.
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No other evil we know is faster than Rumor.
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