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Virgil Quotes - Page 7

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Womankind Is ever a fickle and a changeful thing.

Womankind Is ever a fickle and a changeful thing.

Virgil
Women, Fickle
Virgil (1961). “The Aeneid”

I shudder when relating it.

Virgil
Philosophical

Even virtue is fairer in a fair body.

Virgil
Body, Virtue, Attractiveness

Trust not the horse, O Trojans. Be it what it may, I fear the Grecians even when they offer gifts.

Virgil
Horse, Fear, May
Virgil (2004). “The Aeneid”, p.35, Collector's Library

The cursed hunger for gold. -Auri sacra fames

Virgil
Gold, Hunger, Fame

Mantua gave me birth, Calabri snatched me away, now Parthenope holds me; I sang of shepherds, pastures, and heroes. -Mantua me genuit, Calabri rapuere, tenet nunc Parthenope, cecini pascua, rura, duces

Virgil
Hero, Shepherds, Birth

You, Roman, remember to rule peoples with your power. -Tu regere imperio populos, Romane, memento

Virgil
Power, Remember, Memento

Who asks whether the enemy was defeated by strategy or valor?

Virgil
Philosophical, Enemy, Strategy

Curst greed of gold, what crimes thy tyrant power has caused.

Virgil
Power, Tyrants, Greed
Virgil (1907). “The ¨neid of Virgil Translated Into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor”, p.44, Library of Alexandria

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Virgil
Greek

Fury itself supplies arms.

Virgil
Philosophical, Arms, Fury

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