Spare the meek, but subdue the arrogant.
VIRGILTime carries all things, even our wits, away.
More Virgil Quotes
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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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She nourishes the poison in her veins and is consumed by a secret fire.
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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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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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Death twitches my ear, live he says – I am coming.
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No benefits can be expected from war.
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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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All our sweetest hours fly fastest
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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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Friend, have the courage To care little for wealth, and shape yourself, You too, to merit godhead
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Your descendants shall gather your fruits.
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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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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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A shifty, fickle object is woman, always.
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Time is flying never to return.
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Evil is nourished and grows by concealment.
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The only hope for the doomed, is no hope at all.
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Love conquers all things, so we too shall yield to love.
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Fortune sides with him who dares.
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No other evil we know is faster than Rumor.
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The noblest motive is the public good.
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When gods are contrary they stand by no one.
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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 bad fortune is to be conquered by endurance.
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They can because they think they can.
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