When gods are contrary they stand by no one.
VIRGILNo other evil we know is faster than Rumor.
More Virgil Quotes
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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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Happy is the man who has learned the causes of things.
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Time passes irrevocably.
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She nourishes the poison in her veins and is consumed by a secret fire.
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The greatest wealth is health.
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All our sweetest hours fly fastest
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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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Fear reveals baseborn souls!
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The gates of Hell are open night and day; smooth the descent and easy is the way.
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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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The noblest motive is the public good.
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Time carries all things, even our wits, away.
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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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Fortune favors the bold.
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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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