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Brave men ought not to be cast down by adversity. - [Adversity] It is noble and so regarded both among nations and individuals to keep faith in adversity. - [Adversity] Virtue herself is her own fairest reward. [Lat., Ipsa quidem virtus sibimet pulcherrima merces.] - Punica (bk. XIII, l. 663) [Virtue] Valor, gradually overpowered by the delicious poison of sloth, grows torpid. [Lat., Blandoque veneno Desidiae virtus paullatim evicta senescit.] - Punica (III, 580) [Idleness] Adversity tries men; but virtue struggles after fame regardless of the adverse heights. [Lat., Explorant adversa viros. Perque aspera dura Nititur ad laudem virtus interrita clivo.] - Punica (IV, 605) [Virtue] Away with delay; the change of great fortune is short-lived. [Lat., Pelle moras; brevis est magni fortuna favoris.] - Punica (IV, 734) [Delay] The wheel of time rolls downward through various changes. [Lat., Per varios praeceps casus rota volvitur aevi.] - Punica (VI, 121) [Time]
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