The dank night is sweeping down from the sky and the setting stars incline our heads to sleep.
VIRGILEvery 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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Let me rage before I die.
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She nourishes the poison in her veins and is consumed by a secret fire.
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The noblest motive is the public good.
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No stranger to misfortune myself, I have learned to relieve the sufferings of others.
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Fortune favors the bold.
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Spare the meek, but subdue the arrogant.
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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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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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Let us go singing as far as we go: the road will be less tedious.
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Each of us bears his own Hell.
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No other evil we know is faster than Rumor.
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Look with favour upon a bold beginning.
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Mind moves matter.
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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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No other evil we know is faster than Rumor.
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