When gods are contrary they stand by no one.
VIRGILYour descendants shall gather your fruits.
More Virgil Quotes
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Each of us bears his own Hell.
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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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All things by nature are ready to get worse.
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Let us go singing as far as we go: the road will be less tedious.
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No stranger to misfortune myself, I have learned to relieve the sufferings of others.
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As it spreads, the rumor gains strength.
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Happy is the man who has learned the causes of things.
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Time is flying never to return.
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Your descendants shall gather your fruits.
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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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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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Fortune sides with him who dares.
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No benefits can be expected from war.
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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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