"Fama, malum qua non aliud velocius ullum; Mobilitate viget, virisque adquirit eundo; Parva metu primo; mox sese attollit in auras, Ingrediturque solo, et caput inter nubila condit."
— Aeneid

January 1, 1970

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Epic poetryWorks by Virgil
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Lines 174–177 (tr. Robert Fagles) — H. R. Fairclough's translation: Rumour of all evils the most swift. Speed lends her strength, and she wins vigour as she goes; small at first through fear, soon she mounts up to heaven, and walks the ground with head hidden in the clouds.