Virgil
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They are able because they think they are able.
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I sing of arms and of the man, fated to be an exile.
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Romans, never forget that government is your medium! Be this your art:-to practice men in habit of peace, generosity to the conquered, and firmness against aggressors.
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They can conquer who believe they can.
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They can do all because they think they can.
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As a twig is bent the tree inclines.
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Do not commit your poems to pages alone, sing them I pray you.
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A snake lurks in the grass.
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Let us go singing as far as we go: the road will be less tedious.
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Love conquers all things; let us too surrender to Love.
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I have known sorrow and learned to aid the wretched.
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Whatever it is, I fear Greeks even when they bring gifts.
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Yield not to evils, but attack all the more boldly.
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It is easy to go down into Hell; night and day, the gates of dark Death stand wide; but to climb back again, to retrace one's steps to the upper air - there's the rub, the task.
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Death's brother, Sleep.
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Each of us bears his own Hell.
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Fortune favors the brave.
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Believe one who has proved it. Believe an expert.
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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.
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Fortune favors the bold.
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Happy is he who gets to know the reasons for things.
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O tyrant love, to what do you not drive the hearts of men.
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Your descendants shall gather your fruits.
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Look with favour upon a bold beginning.
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Practice and thought might gradually forge many an art.
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In quarrels such as these not ours to intervene.
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Trust one who has gone through it.
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They can because they think they can.