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A fault is fostered by concealment.

A fickle and changeful thing is a woman ever.

Age steals away all things, even the mind.

All these souls, after they have passed away a thousand years, are summoned by the divine ones in great array, to the lethean river. . . . In this way they become forgetful of the former earthlife, and re-visit the vaulted realms of the world, willing to return again into living bodies.

All things deteriorate in time.

Amor vincit omnia, et nos cedamus amori. Love conquers all things, so we too shall yield to love.

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.

Angels boast ethereal vigor, and are formed from seeds of heavenly birth.

Audaces fortuna iuvat (latin)- Fortune favors the bold.

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

Curst greed of gold, what crimes thy tyrant power has caused.

Do not yield to misfortunes, but advance more boldly to meet them, as your fortune permits you.

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

Each person, makes their own terrible passion their God.

Easy is the descent to hell; all night long, all day, the doors of dark Hades stand open; but to retrace the path; to come out again to the sweet air of Heaven - there is the task, there is the burden.

E'en in mid-harvest, while the jocund swain Pluck'd from the brittle stalk the golden grain, Oft have I seen the war of winds contend, And prone on earth th' infuriate storm descend, Waste far and wide, and by the roots uptorn, The heavy harvest sweep through ether borne, As light straw and rapid stubble fly In dark'ning whirlwinds round the wintry sky.

Every man makes a god of his own desire

Endure, and keep yourselves for days of happiness.

Endure and save yourselves for happier times.

Enter on the way of training while the spirits in youth are still pliable.

Even virtue is fairer in a fair body.

Even virtue is fairer when it appears in a beautiful person.

Fear is the proof of a degenerate mind.

Every calamity is to be overcome by endurance.

Evil is nourished and grows by concealment.

Facilis decensus averni. The descent into hell is easy.

Fear betrays unworthy souls.

Fortunate is he whose mind has the power to probe the causes of things and trample underfoot all terrors and inexorable fate.

Fortune sides with he who dares

From a single crime know the nation.

From my example learn to be just, and not to despise the gods.

Fury itself supplies arms.

Go forth a conqueror and win great victories.

Happy the man who has been able to learn the causes of things.

Happy the person who has learned the cause of things and has put under his or her feet all fear, inexorable fate, and the noisy strife of the hell of greed.

Harsh necessity, and the newness of my kingdom, force me to do such things and to guard my frontiers everywhere.

He enters the port with a full sail.

He is fortunate who had been able to learn the causes of things. -Felix qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas

How can there be such anger in the minds of the gods?

Hug the shore; let others try the deep.

I fear the Greeks, even when they bring gifts.

I feel again a spark of that ancient flame.

If I can not bend Heaven, I shall move Hell.

If one swain scorns you, you will soon find another.

If only Jupiter would restore me those bygone years.

If ye despise the human race, and mortal arms, yet remember that there is a God who is mindful of right and wrong.

I have known sorrow and learned to aid the wretched.