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This above all: to thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man.

William Shakespeare

It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves

William Shakespeare

We know what we are, but not what we may be.

William Shakespeare

To be, or not to be, that is the question.

William Shakespeare

So often the cat goes to the lard that it leaves its paw print.

Popular culture

Vox populi, vox Dei.

Alcuin of York

Vivere est militare.

Seneca the Younger

Vita est militia.

St. Augustine of Hippo

Amor vincit omnia.

Virgil

Audaces fortuna iuvat.

Publius Vergilius Maro (Virgil)