Maybe one day we shall be glad to remember even these hardships.
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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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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Love conquers all things, so we too shall yield to love.
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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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The dank night is sweeping down from the sky and the setting stars incline our heads to sleep.
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When gods are contrary they stand by no one.
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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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Let me rage before I die.
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No stranger to misfortune myself, I have learned to relieve the sufferings of others.
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Each of us bears his own Hell.
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Through pain I’ve learned to comfort suffering men.
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No other evil we know is faster than Rumor.
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Time carries all things, even our wits, away.
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The noblest motive is the public good.
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All bad fortune is to be conquered by endurance.
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As it spreads, the rumor gains strength.
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No other evil we know is faster than Rumor.
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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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They can because they think they can.
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Trust one who has gone through it.
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No benefits can be expected from war.
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She nourishes the poison in her veins and is consumed by a secret fire.
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A shifty, fickle object is woman, always.
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Fortune favors the bold.
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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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I fear the Greeks even when they bring gifts.
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