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Ovid quote

Tempus edax rerum.

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Juvenal quote

Vitam impendere vero

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Virgil quote

In primis venerare Deos.

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Gaius Petronius quote

Cito fit quod dii volunt.

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Tacitus quote

Deos fortioribus adesse.

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Latin phrase

Memento mori.

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Mexican proverb

‘The brave man lives until the coward wants’.

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Folie en masse

‘Men, it has been well said, think in herds; it will be seen that they go mad in herds, while they only recover their senses slowly, one by one’. —Charles Mackay.

This quotation comes from a book first published in 1841.

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Chinese proverb

‘A courageous foe is better than a cowardly friend’.

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Author unknown

‘Adversity introduces a man to himself’.