"Stat sua cuique dies, breve et inreparabile tempus Omnibus est vitae; sed famam extendere factis, Hoc virtutis opus."
— Aeneid

January 1, 1970

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Epic poetryWorks by Virgil
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Lines 467–469 (tr. Robert Fitzgerald) — H. R. Fairclough's translation: Each has his day appointed; short and irretrievable is the span of life to all: but to lengthen fame by deeds—that is valour's task.