Virgil

Quotes

They are able because they think they are able.
I sing of arms and of the man, fated to be an exile.
Romans, never forget that government is your medium! Be this your art:-to practice men in habit of peace, generosity to the conquered, and firmness against aggressors.
They can conquer who believe they can.
They can do all because they think they can.
As a twig is bent the tree inclines.
Do not commit your poems to pages alone, sing them I pray you.
A snake lurks in the grass.
Let us go singing as far as we go: the road will be less tedious.
Love conquers all things; let us too surrender to Love.
I have known sorrow and learned to aid the wretched.
Whatever it is, I fear Greeks even when they bring gifts.
Yield not to evils, but attack all the more boldly.
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.
Death's brother, Sleep.
Each of us bears his own Hell.
Fortune favors the brave.
Believe one who has proved it. Believe an expert.
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.
Fortune favors the bold.
Happy is he who gets to know the reasons for things.
O tyrant love, to what do you not drive the hearts of men.
Your descendants shall gather your fruits.
Look with favour upon a bold beginning.
Practice and thought might gradually forge many an art.
In quarrels such as these not ours to intervene.
Trust one who has gone through it.
They can because they think they can.