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Luís de Camões - And say, has fame so dear, so...

And say, has fame so dear, so dazzling charms?
Must brutal fierceness and the trade of arms,
Conquest, and laurels dipped in blood, be prized,
While life is scorned, and all its joys despised? (Luís de Camões)

And say, has fame so dear, so dazzling charms? Must brutal fierceness and the trade of arms, Conquest, and laurels dipped in blood, be prized, While life is scorned, and all its joys despised?

Luís de Camões

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