# Quote — Virgil, The Aeneid

> Every man's last day is fixed.
>
> Lifetimes are brief and not to be regained,
>
> For all mankind. But by their deeds to make
>
> Their fame last: that is labor for the brave.

- Author: [Virgil](https://www.leafyquotes.com/virgil.md)
- Book: [The Aeneid](https://www.leafyquotes.com/virgil/the-aeneid.md)
- Original (la): Stat sua cuique dies, breve et inreparabile tempus / Omnibus est vitae; sed famam extendere factis, / Hoc virtutis opus.
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Virgil#Book_X) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/virgil/the-aeneid/every-mans-last

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> But the trumpet with brazen song rang out afar its fearful call; a shout follows and the sky re-echoes.

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> Chance joins with force to guide the steel.

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> Valiant of tongue, though his hand was cold for battle.

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