About fame... Just as the sand-dunes, heaped one upon another, hide each the first, so in life the former deeds are quickly hidden by those that follow after. Book VII
In hell there is no other punishment than to begin over and over again the tasks left unfinished in your lifetime. Autumn Leaves
One doesn't discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time. The Counterfeiters
A man who had two sons ... went to the first and said, "Son, go out and work in my vineyard today." But he answered and said, "I will not," but afterward he repented of it and he went. And the father went to the second and said the same. But he answered, "I will, sir," and he did not go. Which of the two did the will of his father? Works of Love
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