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.
VIRGILAs it spreads, the rumor gains strength.
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Time passes irrevocably.
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Look with favour upon a bold beginning.
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No other evil we know is faster than Rumor.
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Fortune sides with him who dares.
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If I cannot move heaven, I will raise hell.
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Fear reveals baseborn souls!
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Each of us bears his own Hell.
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Maybe one day we shall be glad to remember even these hardships.
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All things by nature are ready to get worse.
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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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Time carries all things, even our wits, away.
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I fear the Greeks even when they bring gifts.
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Happy is the man who has learned the causes of things.
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No stranger to misfortune myself, I have learned to relieve the sufferings of others.
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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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Through pain I’ve learned to comfort suffering men.
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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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Do the gods light this fire in our hearts or does each man’s mad desire become his god?
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Mind moves matter.
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All our sweetest hours fly fastest
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No other evil we know is faster than Rumor.
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The only hope for the doomed, is no hope at all.
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Your descendants shall gather your fruits.
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She nourishes the poison in her veins and is consumed by a secret fire.
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Time is flying never to return.
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