Friend, have the courage To care little for wealth, and shape yourself, You too, to merit godhead
VIRGILRumor 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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The gates of Hell are open night and day; smooth the descent and easy is the way.
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No other evil we know is faster than Rumor.
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Maybe one day we shall be glad to remember even these hardships.
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Mind moves matter.
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Fortune sides with him who dares.
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Love conquers all things, so we too shall yield to love.
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Spare the meek, but subdue the arrogant.
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Look with favour upon a bold beginning.
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She nourishes the poison in her veins and is consumed by a secret fire.
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Through pain I’ve learned to comfort suffering men.
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No day shall erase you from the memory of time.
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Evil is nourished and grows by concealment.
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As it spreads, the rumor gains strength.
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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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Fortunate is he whose mind has the power to probe the causes of things and trample underfoot all terrors and inexorable fate.
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