Fame, the great ill, from small beginnings grows: Swift...

Fame, the great ill, from small beginnings grows:
Swift from the first; and every moment brings
New vigor to her flights, new pinions to her wings.
Soon grows the pigmy to gigantic size;
Her feet on earth, her forehead in the skies.

Aeneid (29–19 BC) - Book IV

Fame, the great ill, from small beginnings grows: Swift from the first; and every moment brings New vigor to her flights, new pinions to her wings....

Fame, the great ill, from small beginnings grows: Swift from the first; and every moment brings New vigor to her flights, new pinions to her wings....

Fame, the great ill, from small beginnings grows: Swift from the first; and every moment brings New vigor to her flights, new pinions to her wings....

Fame, the great ill, from small beginnings grows: Swift from the first; and every moment brings New vigor to her flights, new pinions to her wings....