Virgil Quotes - Page 3

Trust one who has tried.

The accursed hunger for gold.

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.

That man is the most loyal who aims at the noblest motive, and that motive the public good.

Fear betrays unworthy souls.

From a single crime know the nation.

Nunc scio quit sit amor." Lat., "Now I know what love is.

I will be gone from here and sing my songs/ In the forest wilderness where the wild beasts are,/ And carve in letters on the little trees/ The story of my love, and as the trees/ Will grow letters too will grow, to cry/ In a louder voice the story of my love.

The greatest health is wealth.

The only safety for the conquered is to expect no safety.

Your descendants shall gather your fruits.

Enter on the way of training while the spirits in youth are still pliable.

None but himself can be his parallel.

We are not all able to do all things.

Impotent fury rages powerless and to no purpose.

Facilis decensus averni. The descent into hell is easy.

Go forth a conqueror and win great victories.

Endure and save yourselves for happier times.

Roman, remember that you shall rule the nations by your authority, for this is to be your skill, to make peace the custom, to spare the conquered, and to wage war until the haughty are brought low.

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.

Confidence cannot find a place wherein to rest in safety.

How can there be such anger in the minds of the gods?

Harsh necessity, and the newness of my kingdom, force me to do such things and to guard my frontiers everywhere.

Time passes irrevocably.

Each man is led by his own liking.