Yield not to evils, but attack all the more boldly.
VIRGILThe noblest motive is the public good.
More Virgil Quotes
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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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The greatest wealth is health.
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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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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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Time is flying never to return.
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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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They can because they think they can.
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No other evil we know is faster than Rumor.
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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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Through pain I’ve learned to comfort suffering men.
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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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All things by nature are ready to get worse.
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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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Love conquers all things, so we too shall yield to love.
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