All our sweetest hours fly fastest
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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As it spreads, the rumor gains strength.
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All bad fortune is to be conquered by endurance.
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No day shall erase you from the memory of time.
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Happy is the man who has learned the causes of things.
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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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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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Each of us bears his own Hell.
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They can because they think they can.
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Evil is nourished and grows by concealment.
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Spare the meek, but subdue the arrogant.
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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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No other evil we know is faster than Rumor.
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She nourishes the poison in her veins and is consumed by a secret fire.
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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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