Virgil was a Roman poet who wrote during the time of the Roman Empire. He is best known for his epic poem the Aeneid, which tells the story of Aeneas and the founding of Rome. His other works include the Eclogues and the Georgics, which are both works of pastoral poetry. Following is our collection on famous quotes by Virgil on death, love, life.
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Fortune sides with him who dares.
They can do all because they think they can.
If I cannot move heaven, I will raise hell.
Love conquers all things.
Maybe one day we shall be glad to remember even these hardships.
Death twitches my ear. Live, he says, I am coming.
Endure, and keep yourselves for days of happiness.
Audaces fortuna iuvat (latin)- Fortune favors the bold.
Facilis decensus averni. The descent into hell is easy.
No day shall erase you from the memory of time
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If I cannot move heaven, I will raise hell. — Virgil
Love conquers all things. — Virgil
Maybe one day we shall be glad to remember even these hardships. — Virgil
Virgil Short Quotes
That man is the most loyal who aims at the noblest motive, and that motive the public good.
Persistent work triumphs.
They are able because they think they are able.
Myself acquainted with misfortune, I learn to help the unfortunate.
A shifty, fickle object is woman, always. (Varium et mutabile semper femina.)
From a single crime know the nation.
Perhaps one day this too will be pleasant to remember.
Happy the man who has been able to know the reasons for things.
Your descendants shall gather your fruits.
Time meanwhile is flying, flying beyond recall.
Fortune favors the bold.
Virgil Quotes About Death
It is easy to go down into Hell; night and day, the gates of dark Death stand wide; but to climb back again, to retrace one's steps to the upper air - there's the rub, the task. — Virgil
Is it then so sad a thing to die? — Virgil
I have lived, and I have run the course which fortune allotted me; and now my shade shall descend illustrious to the grave. — Virgil
In youth alone, unhappy mortals live; But, ah! the mighty bliss is fugitive: Discolour'd sickness, anxious labour, come, And age, and death's inexorable doom. — Virgil
These passions of soul, these conflicts so fierce, will cease, and be repressed by the casting of a little dust. — Virgil
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Virgil Quotes About Love
Nunc scio quit sit amor. — Virgil
Nunc scio quit sit amor." Lat., "Now I know what love is. — Virgil
Amor vincit omnia, et nos cedamus amori.
Love conquers all things, so we too shall yield to love. — Virgil
Love conquers all; therefore, let us submit to love. — Virgil
May the countryside and the gliding valley streams content me. Lost to fame, let me love river and woodland. — Virgil
Love conquers all; let us surrender to Love. — Virgil
Such is the love of praise, so great the anxiety for victory. — Virgil
In his deepest heart there surge tremendous shame and madness mixed with sorrow and love whipped on by frenzy and a courage aware of its own worth. — Virgil
Each draws to his best-loved. — Virgil
Love conquers all. — Virgil
Virgil Quotes About Trust
Trust one who has tried. — Virgil
Trust not to much to appearances. — Virgil
Trust not the horse, O Trojans. Be it what it may, I fear the Grecians even when they offer gifts. — Virgil
Trust not too much to an enchanting face. — Virgil
Do not trust the horse, Trojans! Whatever it is, I fear the Greeks, even though they bring gifts. — Virgil
Don't trust the horse, Trojans. Whatever it is, I fear the Greeks even bearing gifts. -Equo ne credite, Teucri. Quidquid id est, timeo Danaos et dona ferentes — Virgil
Trust not too much to appearances. — Virgil
Trust the expert. -Experto credite — Virgil
Trust one who has gone through it. — Virgil
Virgil Quotes About Fortune
Fortunate is he whose mind has the power to probe the causes of things and trample underfoot all terrors and inexorable fate. — Virgil
Do not yield to misfortunes, but advance more boldly to meet them, as your fortune permits you. — Virgil
Whatever may happen, every kind of fortune is to be overcome by bearing it. — Virgil
He is fortunate who had been able to learn the causes of things. -Felix qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas — Virgil
Virgil Quotes About Fear
Fear betrays unworthy souls. — Virgil
Fear is proof of a degenerate mind. — Virgil
Fear is proof of a low born soul. — Virgil
Rumor goes forth at once, Rumor than whom No other speedier evil thing exists; She thrives by rapid movement, and acquires Strength as she goes; small at the first from fear, She presently uplifts herself aloft, And stalks upon the ground and hides her head Among the clouds. — Virgil
Fear reveals baseborn souls! — Virgil
Happy the person who has learned the cause of things and has put under his or her feet all fear, inexorable fate, and the noisy strife of the hell of greed. — Virgil
I fear the Greeks, even when they bring gifts. — Virgil
The flocks fear the wolf, the crops the storm, and the trees the wind. — Virgil
What each man feared would happen to himself, did not trouble him when he saw that it would ruin another. — Virgil
Virgil Quotes About Mind
Mind moves matter. — Virgil
Age steals away all things, even the mind. — Virgil
Time bears away all things, even the mind. — Virgil
Passion and strife bow down the mind. — Virgil
If ye despise the human race, and mortal arms, yet remember that there is a God who is mindful of right and wrong. — Virgil
Age carries all things away, even the mind. — Virgil
How can there be such anger in the minds of the gods? — Virgil
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If I cannot move heaven, I will raise hell. — Virgil
Easy is the descent to hell; all night long, all day, the doors of dark Hades stand open; but to retrace the path; to come out again to the sweet air of Heaven - there is the task, there is the burden. — Virgil
Love conquers all things. — Virgil
Maybe one day we shall be glad to remember even these hardships. — Virgil
Harsh necessity, and the newness of my kingdom, force me to do such things and to guard my frontiers everywhere. — Virgil
Oh you who are born of the gods, easy is the descent into Hell. The door of darkness stands open day and night. But to retrace your steps, and come back out into the brightness above, that is the work, that is the labor. — Virgil
Go forth a conqueror and win great victories. — Virgil
They can because they think they can. — Virgil
Evil is nourished and grows by concealment. — Virgil
Endure and save yourselves for happier times. — Virgil
The gates of Hell are open night and day; smooth the descent, and easy is the way: but, to return, and view the cheerful skies; in this, the task and mighty labor lies. — Virgil
Hug the shore; let others try the deep. — Virgil
The noblest motive is the public good. — Virgil
A fickle and changeful thing is a woman ever. — Virgil
Let us go singing as far as we go: the road will be less tedious. — Virgil
In strife who inquires whether stratagem or courage was used? — Virgil
The hour is ripe, and yonder lies the way. — Virgil
Who asks whether the enemy were defeated by strategy or valor? — Virgil
Happy the man who has been able to learn the causes of things. — Virgil
I saw these terrible things,and took great part in them. — Virgil
Rumor grows as it goes. — Virgil
The greatest health is wealth. — Virgil
The wavering multitude is divided into opposite factions. — Virgil
Who asks whether the enemy was defeated by strategy or valor? — Virgil
Press no further with hate. — Virgil
If only Jupiter would restore me those bygone years. — Virgil
Thus all things are doomed to change for the worse and retrograde. — Virgil
Persevere and preserve yourselves for better circumstances. — Virgil
Fame hides her head among the clouds. — Virgil
All things deteriorate in time. — Virgil
All these souls, after they have passed away a thousand years, are summoned by the divine ones in great array, to the lethean river. . . . In this way they become forgetful of the former earthlife, and re-visit the vaulted realms of the world, willing to return again into living bodies. — Virgil
He enters the port with a full sail. — Virgil
Time passes irrevocably. — Virgil
Wherever the fates lead us let us follow. — Virgil
Uneven numbers are the gods' delight. — Virgil
Happy is he who can trace effects to their causes. — Virgil
Impotent fury rages powerless and to no purpose. — Virgil
The medicine increases the disease. — Virgil
Our fate, whatever it is to be, will be overcome by patience under it. — Virgil
Then endure for a while, and live for a happier day! — Virgil
Enter on the way of training while the spirits in youth are still pliable. — Virgil
Perhaps even these things, one day, will be pleasing to remember. — Virgil
Veiling truth in mystery. — Virgil
What region of the earth is not full of our calamities? — Virgil
Every man makes a god of his own desire. — Virgil
Everyone is dragged on by their favorite pleasure. — Virgil
Each person, makes their own terrible passion their God. — Virgil
Each of us bears his own Hell. — Virgil
You have endured worse things; God will grant an end even to these. — Virgil
Hope on, and save yourself for prosperous times. — Virgil
As a twig is bent the tree inclines. — Virgil
Go on and increase in valor for this is the path to immortality. — Virgil
Every calamity is to be overcome by endurance. — Virgil
Curst greed of gold, what crimes thy tyrant power has caused. — Virgil
Yield not to evils, but attack all the more boldly. — Virgil
Live on in your blessings, your destiny's been won. But ours calls us on from one ordeal to the next. — Virgil
Better times perhaps await us who are now wretched. — Virgil
Even virtue is fairer when it appears in a beautiful person. — Virgil
Confidence cannot find a place wherein to rest in safety. — Virgil
Oh you who are born of the blood of the gods, Trojan son of Anchises, easy is the descent to Hell; the door of dark Dis stands open day and night. But to retrace your steps and come out to the air above, that is work, that is labor! — Virgil
The cursed hunger for gold. -Auri sacra fames — Virgil
Each man has his appointed day: short and irreparable in the brief life of all, but to extend our fame by our deeds, this is the work of mankind. — Virgil
I too must attempt a way by which I can raise myself above the ground, and soar triumphant through the lips of men. — Virgil
Fate will find a way. — Virgil
Life Lessons by Virgil
Virgil taught us to strive for excellence in all our endeavors, no matter how difficult the task. He also showed us the importance of perseverance and resilience, even in the face of adversity. Lastly, Virgil encouraged us to embrace our creativity and use it to bring beauty to the world.
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