Virgil Quotes
Start with the most important.
Not being ignorant of bad things, I learn to help the wretched.
What region of the earth is not full of our calamities?
Happy is the one who knows the causes of things.
Every fortune is to be conquered by bearing it.
Let us go singing as far as we go: the road will be less tedious.
We give life to tears.
Yield not to evils, but attack all the more boldly.
Anger supplies arms.
So many terrible things I saw, and in so many of them I played a great part.
Why such great anger in those heavenly minds?
Rumor has wings.
Love conquers all.
I feel once more the scars of the old flame.
Fortune favors the brave.
Old age grows cold to love.
O you who have borne even heavier things, God will grant an end to these too.
The land of joy, the lovely glades of the fortunate woods and the home of the blest.
I beg you, let me be mad with this madness until death comes.
Whatever it is, I fear Greeks even when they bring gifts.
Who can blind lover's eyes?
Death's brother, Sleep.
Time bears away all things, even our minds.
Your descendants shall gather your fruits.
The descent into Hell is easy.
The mind moves matter.
Look with favor upon a bold beginning.
It is of benefit to have improved life through discovered knowledge.
Each of us suffers his own fate in the after-life.
Do not trust the horse, Trojans. Whatever it is, I fear the Greeks even when they bring gifts.
