The dank night is sweeping down from the sky and the setting stars incline our heads to sleep.
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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No benefits can be expected from war.
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Fortune sides with him who dares.
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When gods are contrary they stand by no one.
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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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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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A shifty, fickle object is woman, always.
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Through pain I’ve learned to comfort suffering men.
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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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The noblest motive is the public good.
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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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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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They can because they think they can.
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I fear the Greeks even when they bring gifts.
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