The only safety for the conquered is to expect no safety.
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You have endured worse things God will grant an end even to these.Virgil
Happy the man who has been able to learn the causes of things.
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Roman, remember that you shall rule the nations by your authority, for this is to be your skill, to make peace the custom, to spare the conquered, and to wage war until the haughty are brought low.
Virgil
Each person, makes their own terrible passion their God.
Virgil
The descent to the infernal regions is easy enough, but to retrace one's steps, and reach the air above, there's the rub.
Virgil
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