Virgil
Poet
"Facilis decensus averni. The descent into hell is easy."
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Descent
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Carl Jung
Psychiatrist, Psychoanalyst
"The descent into the depths always seems to precede the ascent."
Charles Darwin
Naturalist, Geologist
"I would give absolutely nothing for the theory of Natural Selection, if it requires miraculous additions at any one stage of descent."
Homer
Poet
"His descent was like nightfall."
Seneca the Younger
Philosopher, Statesman
"Those who boast of their descent, brag on what they owe to others."
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