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" I won’t hold you, I won’t even refute you — go! —
strike out for Italy on the winds, your realm across the sea.
I hope, I pray, if the just gods still have any power,
wrecked on the rocks mid-sea you’ll drink your bowl
of pain to the dregs, crying out the name of Dido
over and over, and worlds away I’ll hound you then
with pitch-black flames, and when icy death has severed
my body from its breath, then my ghost will stalk you
through the world! You’ll pay, you shameless, ruthless —
and I will hear of it, yes, the report will reach me
even among the deepest shades of Death! "

Virgil , The Aeneid


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Virgil quote : I won’t hold you, I won’t even refute you — go! —<br />strike out for Italy on the winds, your realm across the sea.<br />I hope, I pray, if the just gods still have any power,<br />wrecked on the rocks mid-sea you’ll drink your bowl<br />of pain to the dregs, crying out the name of Dido<br />over and over, and worlds away I’ll hound you then<br />with pitch-black flames, and when icy death has severed<br />my body from its breath, then my ghost will stalk you<br />through the world! You’ll pay, you shameless, ruthless —<br />and I will hear of it, yes, the report will reach me<br />even among the deepest shades of Death!