They succeed, because they think they can.
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Quotes by Virgil
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Come what may, all bad fortune is to be conquered by endurance.
Fortune favours the bold.
Time is flying never to return.
All our sweetest hours fly fastest.
Time passes irrevocably.
Love conquers all.
Hug the shore; let others try the deep.
They can conquer who believe they can.
It never troubles the wolf how many the sheep may be.
Every calamity is to be overcome by endurance.
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.
If ye despise the human race, and mortal arms, yet remember that there is a God who is mindful of right and wrong.
Fate will find a way.
O accursed hunger of gold, to what dost thou not compel human hearts!
Time flies never to be recalled.
Trust not too much to appearances.
Endure the present, and watch for better things.
Persevere and preserve yourselves for better circumstances.
Fear is proof of a degenerate mind.
The only safety for the conquered is to expect no safety.
There's a snake lurking in the grass.
Who asks whether the enemy was defeated by strategy or valor?
Go forth a conqueror and win great victories.
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