Do the gods light this fire in our hearts or does each man’s mad desire become his god?
VIRGILIt 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.
More Virgil Quotes
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Fortune favors the bold.
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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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A woman is an ever fickle and changeable thing.
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Happy is the man who has learned the causes of things.
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If I cannot move heaven, I will raise hell.
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Love conquers all things, so we too shall yield to love.
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Death twitches my ear, live he says – I am coming.
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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 benefits can be expected from war.
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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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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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Yield not to evils, but attack all the more boldly.
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Evil is nourished and grows by concealment.
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All things by nature are ready to get worse.
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Each of us bears his own Hell.
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