"Disce, puer, virtutem ex me verumque laborem, Fortunam ex aliis."
— Aeneid

January 1, 1970

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Epic poetryWorks by Virgil
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Lines 435–436 (tr. Robert Fagles) — Robert Fitzgerald's translation: — : Learn fortitude and toil from me, my son, Ache of true toil. Good fortune learn from others. — Compare: "Ah, son, may you prove luckier than your father, but in all else like him. Then you would not prove base." Sophocles, Ajax, lines 550–551