“Rumor, swiftest of all the evils in the world.”

— Virgil , Aeneid

Source: Aeneid (29–19 BC), Book IV, Line 174 (tr. Robert Fagles)

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Fama, malum qua non aliud velocius ullum.

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Ancient Roman poet -70–-19 BC

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