Fame, the evil, than which no other evil is swifter.
— Virgil Ancient

Aeneid

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Aeneid, Book 4, line 174

Date / Period

c. 19 BCE

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Humorous

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https://www.gutenberg.org/files/228/228-h/228-h.htm

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