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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Time carries all things, even our wits, away.
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Look with favour upon a bold beginning.
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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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Maybe one day we shall be glad to remember even these hardships.
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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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If I cannot move heaven, I will raise hell.
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As it spreads, the rumor gains strength.
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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 stranger to misfortune myself, I have learned to relieve the sufferings of others.
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Happy is the man who has learned the causes of things.
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They can because they think they can.
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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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Spare the meek, but subdue the arrogant.
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A woman is an ever fickle and changeable thing.
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