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Virgil
Poet
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Hug the shore; let others try the deep.
Virgil,
Poet
#Deep
Wherever the fates lead us let us follow.
Virgil,
Poet
What region of the earth is not full of our calamities?
Virgil,
Poet
#Earth
Mind moves matter.
Virgil,
Poet
#Mind
To have died once is enough.
Virgil,
Poet
Yield not to calamity, but face her boldly.
Virgil,
Poet
#Yield
#Calamity
Who can blind lover's eyes?
Virgil,
Poet
#Eyes
#Blind
Your descendants shall gather your fruits.
Virgil,
Poet
One man excels in eloquence, another in arms.
Virgil,
Poet
#Man
#Eloquence
The medicine increases the disease.
Virgil,
Poet
#Disease
#Medicine
The only safety for the conquered is to expect no safety.
Virgil,
Poet
#Safety
The descent to the infernal regions is easy enough, but to retrace one's steps, and reach the air above, there's the rub.
Virgil,
Poet
Persevere and preserve yourselves for better circumstances.
Virgil,
Poet
#Circumstances
Perhaps the day may come when we shall remember these sufferings with joy.
Virgil,
Poet
#Day
#May
#Joy
Perhaps even these things, one day, will be pleasing to remember.
Virgil,
Poet
#Will
#Day
Passion and strife bow down the mind.
Virgil,
Poet
#Mind
#Passion
O accursed hunger of gold, to what dost thou not compel human hearts!
Virgil,
Poet
#Gold
#Hunger
None but himself can be his parallel.
Virgil,
Poet
Myself acquainted with misfortune, I learn to help the unfortunate.
Virgil,
Poet
#Help
#Misfortune
The world cares very little about what a man or woman knows; it is what a man or woman is able to do that counts.
Virgil,
Poet
#World
#Man
#Woman
Who asks whether the enemy was defeated by strategy or valor?
Virgil,
Poet
#Enemy
#Strategy
#Valor
They succeed, because they think they can.
Virgil,
Poet
#Succeed
Love conquers all.
Virgil,
Poet
#Love
Love begets love, love knows no rules, this is same for all.
Virgil,
Poet
#Love
#Rules
Let not our proposal be disregarded on the score of our youth.
Virgil,
Poet
#Youth
What each man feared would happen to himself, did not trouble him when he saw that it would ruin another.
Virgil,
Poet
#Trouble
#Man
#Ruin
We can't all do everything.
Virgil,
Poet
Want of pluck shows want of blood.
Virgil,
Poet
#Want
#Blood
Veiling truth in mystery.
Virgil,
Poet
#Truth
#Mystery
They can because they think they can.
Virgil,
Poet
Trust not to much to appearances.
Virgil,
Poet
#Trust
Their rage supplies them with weapons.
Virgil,
Poet
#Weapons
Time passes irrevocably.
Virgil,
Poet
#Time
Time is flying never to return.
Virgil,
Poet
#Time
#Flying
Time flies never to be recalled.
Virgil,
Poet
#Time
#Flies
It never troubles the wolf how many the sheep may be.
Virgil,
Poet
#May
#Sheep
They can conquer who believe they can.
Virgil,
Poet
They are able because they think they are able.
Virgil,
Poet
There's a snake lurking in the grass.
Virgil,
Poet
There should be no strife with the vanquished or the dead.
Virgil,
Poet
Trust one who has tried.
Virgil,
Poet
#Trust
Better times perhaps await us who are now wretched.
Virgil,
Poet
#Now
Even virtue is fairer when it appears in a beautiful person.
Virgil,
Poet
#Virtue
Each of us bears his own Hell.
Virgil,
Poet
#Hell
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,
Poet
#Death
#Day
#Hell
#Night
Consider what each soil will bear, and what each refuses.
Virgil,
Poet
#Will
Confidence cannot find a place wherein to rest in safety.
Virgil,
Poet
#Rest
#Safety
#Confidence
Come what may, all bad fortune is to be conquered by endurance.
Virgil,
Poet
#May
#Fortune
#Endurance
Every calamity is to be overcome by endurance.
Virgil,
Poet
#Calamity
#Endurance
But meanwhile time flies; it flies never to be regained.
Virgil,
Poet
#Time
#Flies
Endure the present, and watch for better things.
Virgil,
Poet
#Present
As the twig is bent the tree inclines.
Virgil,
Poet
All things deteriorate in time.
Virgil,
Poet
#Time
All our sweetest hours fly fastest.
Virgil,
Poet
Age steals away all things, even the mind.
Virgil,
Poet
#Age
#Mind
Age carries all things away, even the mind.
Virgil,
Poet
#Age
#Mind
A fault is fostered by concealment.
Virgil,
Poet
#Fault
I shudder when relating it.
Virgil,
Poet
Cease to think that the decrees of the gods can be changed by prayers.
Virgil,
Poet
#Gods
Happy the man who has been able to learn the causes of things.
Virgil,
Poet
#Man
#Causes
In strife who inquires whether stratagem or courage was used?
Virgil,
Poet
#Courage
If ye despise the human race, and mortal arms, yet remember that there is a God who is mindful of right and wrong.
Virgil,
Poet
#Right
#God
#Wrong
#Race
If one swain scorns you, you will soon find another.
Virgil,
Poet
#Will
I fear the Greeks, even when they bring gifts.
Virgil,
Poet
#Fear
#Gifts
Do not yield to misfortunes, but advance more boldly to meet them, as your fortune permits you.
Virgil,
Poet
#Yield
#Fortune
He enters the port with a full sail.
Virgil,
Poet
Every man makes a god of his own desire.
Virgil,
Poet
#God
#Man
#Desire
Happy is he who can trace effects to their causes.
Virgil,
Poet
#Causes
Go forth a conqueror and win great victories.
Virgil,
Poet
Fate will find a way.
Virgil,
Poet
#Will
#Fate
From one learn all.
Virgil,
Poet
From my example learn to be just, and not to despise the gods.
Virgil,
Poet
#Example
#Gods
Fortune sides with him who dares.
Virgil,
Poet
#Fortune
Fortune favours the bold.
Virgil,
Poet
#Fortune
Fear is proof of a degenerate mind.
Virgil,
Poet
#Fear
#Mind
#Proof
Every sound alarms.
Virgil,
Poet
#Sound
Fury itself supplies arms.
Virgil,
Poet
He like a rock in the sea unshaken stands his ground.
Virgil,
Poet
#Sea