"You have endured worse things; God will grant an end even to these."

Virgil on Adversity
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"I have lived, and I have run the course which fortune allotted me; and now my shade shall descend illustrious to the grave."

Virgil on Death and Dying
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"Death twitches my ear. Live, he says, I am coming."

Virgil on Death and Dying
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"Who asks whether the enemy were defeated by strategy or valor?"

Virgil on Defeat
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"Harsh necessity, and the newness of my kingdom, force me to do such things and to guard my frontiers everywhere."

Virgil on Defense
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"Roman, remember that you shall rule the nations by your authority, for this is to be your skill, to make peace the custom, to spare the conquered, and to wage war until the haughty are brought low."

Virgil on Empire
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"Evil is nourished and grows by concealment."

Virgil on Evil
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"Each man has his appointed day: short and irreparable in the brief life of all, but to extend our fame by our deeds, this is the work of mankind."

Virgil on Fame
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"Fame hides her head among the clouds."

Virgil on Fame
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"Our fate, whatever it is to be, will be overcome by patience under it."

Virgil on Fate
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"Wherever the fates lead us let us follow."

Virgil on Fate
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"Fear is proof of a degenerate mind."

Virgil on Fear
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"Fear is proof of a low born soul."

Virgil on Fear
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"Fortune favors the brave."

Virgil on Fortune
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"Fortune sides with him who dares."

Virgil on Fortune
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"Trust not the horse, O Trojans. Be it what it may, I fear the Grecians even when they offer gifts."

Virgil on Giving
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"Age carries all things away, even the mind."

Virgil on Age and Aging
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"I too must attempt a way by which I can raise myself above the ground, and soar triumphant through the lips of men."

Virgil on Ambition
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"Each person, makes their own terrible passion their God."

Virgil on God
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"Curst greed of gold, what crimes thy tyrant power has caused."

Virgil on Gold
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"Rumor grows as it goes."

Virgil on Gossip
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"As a twig is bent the tree inclines."

Virgil on Habit
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"Press no further with hate."

Virgil on Hatred
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"The gates of Hell are open night and day; smooth the descent, and easy is the way: but, to return, and view the cheerful skies; in this, the task and mighty labor lies."

Virgil on Hell
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"Hope on, and save yourself for prosperous times."

Virgil on Hope
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"Enter on the way of training while the spirits in youth are still pliable."

Virgil on Learning
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"Trust not to much to appearances."

Virgil on Appearance
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"Love conquers all; let us surrender to Love."

Virgil on Love
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"Perhaps one day this too will be pleasant to remember."

Virgil on Memory
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"Mind moves matter."

Virgil on Mind
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"The Britons are quite separated from all the world."

Virgil on Nationalities and Nationalism
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"Everyone is dragged on by their favorite pleasure."

Virgil on Pleasure
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"Do not yield to misfortunes, but advance more boldly to meet them, as your fortune permits you."

Virgil on Risk
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"Trust not too much to an enchanting face."

Virgil on Beauty
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"They can because they think they can."

Virgil on Belief
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"Thus all things are doomed to change for the worse and retrograde."

Virgil on Change
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"They attack the one man with their hate and their shower of weapons. But he is like some rock which stretches into the vast sea and which, exposed to the fury of the winds and beaten against by the waves, endures all the violence"

Virgil on Character
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"Trust one who has tried."

Virgil on Trust
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"The wavering multitude is divided into opposite factions."

Virgil on Unity
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"Go on and increase in valor for this is the path to immortality."

Virgil on Valor
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