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“Magnus ab integro saeclorum nascitur ordo.”
— The great line of the centuries begins anew.
“Tantae molis erat Romanam condere gentem!”
— So hard and huge a task it was to found the Roman people.
“Monstrum horrendum, informe, ingens, cui lumen ademptum.”
— An awful misshapen monster, huge, his eyelight lost.
“Desine fata deum flecti sperare precando.”
— Cease to think that the decrees of the gods can be changed by prayers.
“Iuppiter omnipotens, audacibus adnue coeptis.”
— Jove almighty, nod assent to the daring work I have in hand!
“Mors aurem vellens, "vivite," ait, "venio."”
— Death twitches my ear. "Live," he says. "I am coming."

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“Magnus ab integro saeclorum nascitur ordo.”
— The great line of the centuries begins anew.
“Tantae molis erat Romanam condere gentem!”
— So hard and huge a task it was to found the Roman people.
“Monstrum horrendum, informe, ingens, cui lumen ademptum.”
— An awful misshapen monster, huge, his eyelight lost.
“Desine fata deum flecti sperare precando.”
— Cease to think that the decrees of the gods can be changed by prayers.
“Iuppiter omnipotens, audacibus adnue coeptis.”
— Jove almighty, nod assent to the daring work I have in hand!
“Mors aurem vellens, "vivite," ait, "venio."”
— Death twitches my ear. "Live," he says. "I am coming."

Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.