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- "A fault is fostered by concealment. "
- "A feeble dart short of its mark. "
- "A fickle and capricious woman. "
- "A precious pair of scamps. "
- "A woman the leader of the enterprise. "
- "Age carries all things away, even the mind. "
- "Alas! it is not well for anyone to be confident when the gods are adverse. "
- "All of which misery I saw, part of which I was. "
- "All our sweetest hours fly fastest. "
- "All things deteriorate in time. "
- "And there stalks Discord delighted with her torn mantle. "
- "As the twig is bent the tree inclines. "
- "Better times perhaps await us who are now wretched. "
- "But meanwhile time flies; it flies never to be regained. "
- "Can heavenly breasts such stormy passions feel? "
- "Cares deny all rest to weary limbs. "
- "Cease to think that the decrees of the gods can be changed by prayers. "
- "Come what may, all bad fortune is to be conquered by endurance. "
- "Confidence cannot find a place wherein to rest in safety. "
- "Consider what each soil will bear, and what each refuses. "
- "Do not trust the horse, Trojans! Whatever it is, I fear the Greeks, even though ..."
- "Each of us bears his own Hell. "
- "Endure the present, and watch for better things. "
- "Even virtue is fairer when it appears in a beautiful person. "
- "Every calamity is to be overcome by endurance. "
- "Every man makes a god of his own desire. "
- "Every sound alarms. "
- "Fate will find a way. "
- "Fortune favours the bold. "
- "Fortune favours the daring. "
- "Fortune helps the bold. "
- "From my example learn to be just, and not to despise the gods. "
- "From one learn all. "
- "Fury itself supplies arms. "
- "Go forth a conqueror and win great victories. "
- "Go on and increase in valor, O boy! this is the path to immortality. "
- "Happy is he who can trace effects to their causes. "
- "Happy the man who has been able to learn the causes of things. "
- "Happy, twice happy, you who dwell in the country, if you only knew the pleasures ..."
- "He enters the port with a full sail. "
- "He follows his father with unequal steps. "
- "He follows his father, but with shorter strides. "
- "He like a rock in the sea unshaken stands his ground. "
- "He subdues their rising passion and soothes their anger by soft remonstrance. "
- "He talks nonsense. "
- "Here and there they are seen swimming in the vast flood. "
- "Here I am who did the deed. "
- "Here I stand the perpetrator of the crime - turn then your sword on me. "
- "His resolution is unshaken; tears, though shed, avail not. "
- "His sickness increases from the remedies applied to cure it. "
- "Hug the shore; let others try the deep. "
- "I fear the Greeks, even when they bring gifts. "
- "I shudder when relating it. "
- "I wrote these verses, but another claimed the merit of them. "
- "If I can not influence the gods, I shall move all hell. "
- "If one swain scorns you, you will soon find another. "
- "If ye despise the human race, and mortal arms, yet remember that there is a ..."
- "Impotent fury rages powerless and to no purpose. "
- "In strife who inquires whether stratagem or courage was used? "
- "In vain have you tried your father's arts, you slippery one. "
- "It is then so sad a thing to die. "
- "Learn now of the treachery of the Greeks, and from one example the character of ..."
- "Let not our proposal be disregarded on the score of our youth. "
- "Love conquers all. "
- "Mind moves matter. "
- "Miseries of which I was an eye witness and in which I took a chief ..."
- "Myself acquainted with misfortune, I learn to help the unfortunate. "
- "None but himself can be his parallel. "
- "Not surpassing in crafty measures, but in the power of arms. "
- "O that Jupiter would but bring back to me the years that have passed! "
- "Of such importance is early training. "
- "Oh you who are born of the blood of the gods, Trojan son of Anchises, ..."
- "One man excels in eloquence, another in arms. "
- "Passion and shame torment him, and rage is mingled with his grief. "
- "Passion and strife bow down the mind. "
- "Perhaps even these things, one day, will be pleasing to remember. "
- "Perhaps the day may come when we shall remember these sufferings with joy. "
- "Perhaps the remembrance of these things will prove a source of future pleasure. "
- "Persevere and preserve yourselves for better circumstances. "
- "She acquires momentum as she advances. "
- "She nourishes the poison in her veins and is consumed by a secret fire. "
- "Tears are due to human misery, and human sufferings touch the mind. "
- "The accursed hunger for gold. "
