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Endure, and keep yourselves for days of happiness.

— Virgil Aeneid (-19)

Durate, et vosmet rebus servate secundis.

Original text (Latin)

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Notes from Wikiquote

John Dryden's translation | Endure the hardships of your present state, Live, and reserve yourselves for better fate.

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