Famous Virgil Quotations

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"They can because they think they can."
by Virgil
"Fortune favors the brave."
by Virgil
"A snake lurks in the grass."
by Virgil
"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."
by Virgil
"As a twig is bent the tree inclines."
by Virgil
"As the twig is bent the tree inclines."
by Virgil
"Audentis Fortuna iuvat. (Fortune assists the bold) also Fortune favors the bold."
by Virgil
"Believe one who has proved it. Believe an expert."
by Virgil
"Death's brother, Sleep."
by Virgil
"Do not commit your poems to pages alone, sing them I pray you."
by Virgil
"Do not trust the horse, Trojans Whatever it is, I fear the Greeks, even though they bring gifts."
by Virgil
"Each of us bears his own Hell."
by Virgil
"Each man is led by his own liking."
by Virgil
"Fortune favors the bold."
by Virgil
"Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit (Perhaps it will be pleasing sometime to have remembered these things, from The Aeneid)"
by Virgil
"Happy is he who gets to know the reasons for things."
by Virgil
"I feel again a spark of that ancient flame."
by Virgil
"I have known sorrow and learned to aid the wretched."
by Virgil
"In quarrels such as these not ours to intervene."
by Virgil
"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."
by Virgil
"It never troubles the wolf how many the sheep may be."
by Virgil
"Latet anguis in herba. (There's a snake hidden in the grass)"
by Virgil
"Lat., Now I know what love is."
by Virgil
"Let us go singing as far as we go: the road will be less tedious."
by Virgil
"Let us go singing as far as we go the road will be less tedious."
by Virgil
"Look with favour upon a bold beginning."
by Virgil
"Love conquers all things; let us too surrender to Love."
by Virgil
"Love conquers all things let us too surrender to Love."
by Virgil
"Love begets love, love knows no rules, this is the same for all."
by Virgil
"O tyrant love, to what do you not drive the hearts of men."
by Virgil
"Nunc scio quit sit amor."
by Virgil
"Oh you who are born of the blood of the gods, Trojan son of Anchises, easy is the descent to Hell the door of dark Dis stands open day and night. But to retrace your steps and come out to the air above, that is work, that is labor"
by Virgil
"Perhaps even these things, one day, will be pleasing to remember."
by Virgil
"Practice and thought might gradually forge many an art."
by Virgil
"Possunt quia posse videntur. (They can because they think they can, from The Aeneid)"
by Virgil
"The gates of hell are open, night and day Smooth the descent, and easy the way."
by Virgil
"The way to write American music is simple. All you have to do is be an American and then write any kind of music you wish."
by Virgil Thompson
"They can do all because they think they can."
by Virgil
"They can conquer who believe they can."
by Virgil
"They are able because they think they are able."
by Virgil
"This quote reminds me to enjoy each moment of the summer Steep thyself in a bowl of summertime."
by Virgil
"Trust one who has gone through it."
by Virgil
"Try a thing you haven't done three times. Once, to get over the fear of doing it. Twice, to learn how to do it. And a third time, to figure out whether you like it or not."
by Virgil Garnett Thomson
"Whatever it is, I fear Greeks even when they bring gifts."
by Virgil
"Yield not to evils, but attack all the more boldly."
by Virgil
"Your descendants shall gather your fruits."
by Virgil
"Impotent fury rages powerless and to no purpose."
by Virgil
"Trust not too much to an enchanting face."
by Virgil
"Go on and increase in valor for this is the path to immortality."
by Virgil
"Trust not the horse, O Trojans. Be it what it may, I fear the Grecians even when they offer gifts."
by Virgil
"They attack the one man with their hate and their shower of weapons. But he is like some rock which stretches into the vast sea and which, exposed to the fury of the winds and beaten against by the waves, endures all the violence"
by Virgil
"From a single crime know the nation."
by Virgil
"Evil is nourished and grows by concealment."
by Virgil
"Fame hides her head among the clouds."
by Virgil
"Each man has his appointed day: short and irreparable in the brief life of all, but to extend our fame by our deeds, this is the work of mankind."
by Virgil
"Fear is proof of a low born soul."
by Virgil
"Fear is proof of a degenerate mind."
by Virgil
"Wherever the fates lead us let us follow."
by Virgil
"Our fate, whatever it is to be, will be overcome by patience under it."
by Virgil
"Fortune sides with him who dares."
by Virgil
"Each person, makes their own terrible passion their God."
by Virgil
"Enter on the way of training while the spirits in youth are still pliable."
by Virgil
"Mind moves matter."
by Virgil
"Everyone is dragged on by their favorite pleasure."
by Virgil
"Do not yield to misfortunes, but advance more boldly to meet them, as your fortune permits you."
by Virgil
"Harsh necessity, and the newness of my kingdom, force me to do such things and to guard my frontiers everywhere."
by Virgil
"Time bears away all things, even the mind."
by Virgil
"O accursed hunger of gold, to what dost thou not compel human hearts!"
by Virgil


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