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Classical antiquity47 quotes
Fortune favors the brave. — Virgil · 19 BCLove conquers all things; let us too surrender to love. — Virgil · 37 BCA fickle and changeable thing always is woman. — Virgil · 19 BCNight came down, and enfolded the earth in her dusky wings. — Virgil · 19 BCLife is one long struggle in the dark. — Lucretius · 55 BCAnd life is given to none freehold, but it is leasehold for all. — Lucretius · 55 BCAll 47 quotes →