VIRGIL Quotes
A snake lurks in the grass.
As a twig is bent the tree inclines.
Believe one who has proved it. Believe an expert.
Death's brother, Sleep.
Each of us bears his own Hell.
Fortune favors the brave.
I have known sorrow and learned to aid the wretched.
In quarrels such as these not ours to intervene.
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.
Let us go singing as far as we go: the road will be less tedious.
Look with favour upon a bold beginning.
Love conquers all things; let us too surrender to Love.
O tyrant love, to what do you not drive the hearts of men.
Practice and thought might gradually forge many an art.
They can conquer who believe they can.
They can do all because they think they can.
Trust one who has gone through it.
Whatever it is, I fear Greeks even when they bring gifts.
Yield not to evils, but attack all the more boldly.
Your descendants shall gather your fruits.
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