I fear the Greeks even when they bring gifts.
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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The noblest motive is the public good.
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A woman is an ever fickle and changeable thing.
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No stranger to misfortune myself, I have learned to relieve the sufferings of others.
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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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Yield not to evils, but attack all the more boldly.
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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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Love conquers all things, so we too shall yield to love.
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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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All bad fortune is to be conquered by endurance.
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The only hope for the doomed, is no hope at all.
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No other evil we know is faster than Rumor.
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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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Your descendants shall gather your fruits.
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