"O you who have borne even heavier things, to these too, God will grant an end!"
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"The flocks fear the wolf, the crops the storm, and the trees the wind."
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"It is well to be informed about the winds, About the variations in the sky, The native traits and habits of the place, What each locale permits, and what denies."
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"These passions of soul, these conflicts so fierce, will cease, and be repressed by the casting of a little dust."
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"I sing of arms and of a man: his fate had made him fugitive: he was the first to journey from the coasts of Troy as far as Italy and the Lavinian shores Across the lands and waters he was battered beneath the violence of the high ones for the savage Juno's unforgetting anger."
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"If ye despise the human race, and mortal arms, yet remember that there is a God who is mindful of right and wrong."
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"I fear the Greeks, even when they bring gifts."
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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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"Confidence cannot find a place wherein to rest in safety."
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"They are able who think they are able."
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"Sing in me, muse, of arms and a man, who first from the shores of Troy."
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"You, Roman, remember to rule peoples with your power. -Tu regere imperio populos, Romane, memento"
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"Fear reveals baseborn souls!"
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"Thus shall you go to the stars."
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"Even virtue is fairer in a fair body."
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"Trust the expert. -Experto credite"
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"Beware of Greeks bearing gifts."
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"From my example learn to be just, and not to despise the gods."
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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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"Each draws to his best-loved."
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