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The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations Preface

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Exoriare aliquis nostris ex ossibus ultor.<br />

Arise, you avenger someone, from my bones.<br />

‘Aeneid’ bk. 4, l. 625<br />

Hos successus alit: possunt, quia posse videntur.<br />

<strong>The</strong>se success encourages: they can because they think they can.<br />

‘Aeneid’ bk. 5, l. 231<br />

Bella, horrida bella,<br />

Et Thybrim multo spumantem sanguine cerno.<br />

I see wars, horrible wars, and the Tiber foaming with much blood.<br />

‘Aeneid’ bk. 6, l. 86<br />

Facilis descensus Averno:<br />

Noctes atque dies patet atri ianua Ditis;<br />

Sed revocare gradum superasque evadere ad auras,<br />

Hoc opus, hic labor est.<br />

Easy is the way down to the Underworld: by night and by day dark Dis’s door stands open; but<br />

to withdraw one’s steps and to make a way out to the upper air, that’s the task, that is the labour.<br />

‘Aeneid’ bk. 6, l. 126<br />

Procul, o procul este, pr<strong>of</strong>ani.<br />

Far <strong>of</strong>f, Oh keep far <strong>of</strong>f, you uninitiated ones.<br />

‘Aeneid’ bk. 6, l. 258<br />

Ibant obscuri sola sub nocte per umbram<br />

Perque domos Ditis vacuas et inania regna.<br />

Darkling they went under the lonely night through the shadow and through the empty<br />

dwellings and unsubstantial realms <strong>of</strong> Dis.<br />

‘Aeneid’ bk. 6, l. 268<br />

Vestibulum ante ipsum primisque in faucibus Orci<br />

Luctus et ultrices posuere cubilia Curae,<br />

Pallentesque habitant Morbi tristisque Senectus,<br />

Et Metus et malesuada Fames ac turpis Egestas,<br />

Terribiles visu formae, Letumque Labosque.<br />

Before the very forecourt and in the opening <strong>of</strong> the jaws <strong>of</strong> hell Grief and avenging Cares have<br />

placed their beds, and wan Diseases and sad Old Age live there, and Fear and Hunger that urges<br />

to wrongdoing, and shaming Destitution, figures terrible to see, and Death and Toil.<br />

‘Aeneid’ bk. 6, l. 273<br />

Stabant orantes primi transmittere cursum<br />

Tendebantque manus ripae ulterioris amore.<br />

<strong>The</strong>y stood begging to be the first to make the voyage over and they reached out their hands in

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