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Quotation from Eclogues and Georgics by Virgil

“Time carries all things, even our wits, away”

Virgil (spoken by Moeris)

Eclogues and Georgics, Eclogue IX, trans. James Rhoades

Moeris, old and evicted, laments that he has forgotten the songs he once knew.

Citation: "Time carries all things, even our wits, away" — Virgil, Eclogues and Georgics, Eclogue IX, trans. James Rhoades. (id virgil-eclogues-and-georgics-q2)

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