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Then Sleep and Death, two twins of winged race,
Of matchless swiftness, but of silent pace.

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There can be no covenants between men and lions, wolves and lambs can never be of one mind.

Iliad (-750)

Think not to match yourself against gods, for men that walk the earth cannot hold their own with the immortals.

Iliad (-750)

Who dares think one thing, and another tell,
My heart detests him as the gates of hell.

Iliad (-750)

There is the heat of Love,
the pulsing rush of Longing, the lover's whisper,
irresistible—magic to make the sanest man go mad.

Iliad (-750)

A glorious death is his
Who for his country falls.

Iliad (-750)

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