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Virgil

Publius Vergilius Maro

(70 BC - 19 BC)

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Womankind Is ever a fickle and a changeful thing.
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Una Salus Victis Nullam Sperare Salutem - (Latin - written 19 BC) The only hope for the doomed, is no hope at all.
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Every calamity is to be overcome by endurance.
Overcome - Philosophy
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What each man feared would happen to himself, did not trouble him when he saw that it would ruin another.
Man - Philosophy
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The descent to the infernal regions is easy enough, but to retrace one's steps, and reach the air above, there's the rub.
Reaching
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Then endure for a while, and live for a happier day!
Endurance
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Go forth a conqueror and win great victories.
Conquering - Greatness - Victory - Winning
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Consider what each soil will bear, and what each refuses.
Refuse - Willing
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Love begets love, love knows no rules, this is same for all.
Sameness
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O accursed hunger of gold, to what dost thou not compel human hearts!
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Fortune sides with him who dares.
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Who asks whether the enemy was defeated by strategy or valor?
Defeat
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Trust not too much to appearances.
Appearance
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From my example learn to be just, and not to despise the gods.
Learning
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Don't trust the horse, Trojans. Whatever it is, I fear the Greeks even bearing gifts. -Equo ne credite, Teucri. Quidquid id est, timeo Danaos et dona ferentes
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Each of us bears his own Hell.
Ownership
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Consider what each soil will bear, and what each refuses
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If I am unable to make the gods above relent, I shall move hell.
Movement
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And, just for good measure, here are a handful of runners up: For now the seventh summer carries you, A wanderer, across the lands and waters.
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To have died once is enough.
Death
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