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They are able because they think they are able.

Virgil (70-19 BC) Roman poet [b. Publius Vergilius Maro; also Vergil]
(Attributed)

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Each of us bears his own hell.

Virgil (70-19 BC) Roman poet [b. Publius Vergilius Maro; also Vergil]
Aeneid

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It never troubles the wolf how many the sheep be.

Virgil (70-19 BC) Roman poet [b. Publius Vergilius Maro; also Vergil]
Eclogue VII [Thyrsis]

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Non omnia possumus omnes.
[We can’t all do everything.]

Virgil (70-19 BC) Roman poet [b. Publius Vergilius Maro; also Vergil]
Ecologues, viii.63

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Death twitches my ear. “Live,” he says. “I am coming.”

Virgil (70-19 BC) Roman poet [b. Publius Vergilius Maro; also Vergil]
Minor Poems, “Copa,” l. 38

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