The Things They Carried (1990), On the Rainy River
“Is it then so sad a thing to die?”
Source: Aeneid (29–19 BC), Book XII, Line 646 (tr. Alexander Thomson)
Original
Usque adeone mori miserum est?
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Virgil 138
Ancient Roman poet -70–-19 BCRelated quotes
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