“Endure, and keep yourselves for days of happiness.”

—  Virgil, book Aeneid

John Dryden's translation:
: Endure the hardships of your present state,
Live, and reserve yourselves for better fate.
Source: Aeneid (29–19 BC), Book I, Line 207 (tr. Fairclough); spoken by Aeneas.

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