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.
VIRGILThe noblest motive is the public good.
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Friend, have the courage To care little for wealth, and shape yourself, You too, to merit godhead
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No other evil we know is faster than Rumor.
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No day shall erase you from the memory of time.
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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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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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The descent into Hell is easy.
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Time is flying never to return.
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All bad fortune is to be conquered by endurance.
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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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Fortune sides with him who dares.
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A woman is an ever fickle and changeable thing.
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The only hope for the doomed, is no hope at all.
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Happy is the man who has learned the causes of things.
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No other evil we know is faster than Rumor.
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Each of us bears his own Hell.
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