Time passes irrevocably.
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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They can because they think they can.
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Your descendants shall gather your fruits.
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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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Evil is nourished and grows by concealment.
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Happy is the man who has learned the causes of things.
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Trust one who has gone through it.
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Let us go singing as far as we go: the road will be less tedious.
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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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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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Fortune favors the bold.
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A shifty, fickle object is woman, always.
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Mind moves matter.
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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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Time carries all things, even our wits, away.
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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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