Virgil Quotes

As the twig is bent the tree inclines.

Nunc scio quit sit amor.

It never troubles the wolf how many the sheep may be.

Fortune favors the bold.

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

Possunt quia posse videntur. (They can because they think they can, from The Aeneid)

Love begets love, love knows no rules, this is the same for all.

Each of us bears his own Hell.

In quarrels such as these not ours to intervene.

The gates of hell are open, night and day Smooth the descent, and easy the way.

Yield not to evils, but attack all the more boldly.

Trust one who has gone through it.

Your descendants shall gather your fruits.

I feel again a spark of that ancient flame.

Lat., Now I know what love is.

Let us go singing as far as we go the road will be less tedious.

Whatever it is, I fear Greeks even when they bring gifts.

Believe one who has proved it. Believe an expert.

Perhaps even these things, one day, will be pleasing to remember.

A snake lurks in the grass.

Do not commit your poems to pages alone, sing them I pray you.

Practice and thought might gradually forge many an art.

Look with favour upon a bold beginning.

Happy is he who gets to know the reasons for things.

O tyrant love, to what do you not drive the hearts of men.

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.

They are able because they think they are able.

This quote reminds me to enjoy each moment of the summer Steep thyself in a bowl of summertime.

As a twig is bent the tree inclines.

Audentis Fortuna iuvat. (Fortune assists the bold) also Fortune favors the bold.

They can because they think they can.

They can conquer who believe they can.

They can do all because they think they can.

Love conquers all things let us too surrender to Love.

Do not trust the horse, Trojans Whatever it is, I fear the Greeks, even though they bring gifts.

Each man is led by his own liking.

Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit (Perhaps it will be pleasing sometime to have remembered these things, from The Aeneid)

Fortune favors the brave.

I have known sorrow and learned to aid the wretched.