Publius Vergilius Maro, usually called Virgil or Vergil in English, was an ancient Roman poet of the Augustan period. He wrote three of the most famous poems in Latin literature: the Eclogues, the Georgics, and the epic Aeneid. Profoundly inspirational Virgil quotes will challenge the way you think, and make your life worth living.
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Famous Virgil Quotes
If I cannot move heaven, I will raise hell. Virgil
Trust not too much to that enchanting face; beauty’s a charm, but soon the charm will pass. Virgil
Fortune sides with him who dares. Virgil
A snake lurks in the grass. Virgil
Let me rage before I die. Virgil
Begin, baby boy, to recognize your mother with a smile. Virgil
I’m coming. Virgil
Your descendants shall gather your fruits. Virgil
Let us go singing as far as we go: the road will be less tedious. Virgil
The descent into Hell is easy Virgil
The great line of the centuries begins anew. Virgil
No day shall erase you from the memory of time Virgil
Love conquers all; let us, too, yield to Love! Virgil
Love conquers all things, so we too shall yield to love. Virgil
We cannot all do everything. Virgil
Do not yield to misfortunes, but advance more boldly to meet them, as your fortune permits you. Virgil
Time bears away all things, even our minds. Virgil
Each of us bears his own Hell. Virgil
Above all, worship the gods. Virgil
Through pain I’ve learned to comfort suffering men Virgil
There is no place for death. Virgil
Death’s brother, sleep. Virgil
O farmers, pray that your summers be wet and your winters clear. Virgil
They can because they think they can. Virgil
Look with favor upon a bold beginning. Virgil
The only hope for the doomed is no hope at all Virgil
So strong is habit in tender years. Virgil
I will be gone from here and sing my songs In the forest wilderness where the wild beasts are And carve in letters on the little trees The story of my love, and as the trees Will grow letters too will grow, to cry In a louder voice the story of my love. Virgil
If we may compare small things with great. Virgil
We can’t all do everything. Virgil
Toil conquered the world, unrelenting toil, and want that pinches when life is hard. Virgil
She nourishes the poison in her veins and is consumed by a secret fire. Virgil
Practice and thought might gradually forge many an art. Virgil
Love conquers all. Virgil
Blessed is he who has been able to win knowledge of the causes of things. Virgil
It is easy to go down into Hell but to climb back again, to retrace one’s steps to the upper air there’s the rub Virgil
Love is Lord of all, and is in all the same Virgil
Let us go singing as far as we go the road will be less tedious. Virgil
So hard and huge a task it was to found the Roman people. Virgil
Time is flying, never to return. Virgil
No stranger to trouble myself I am learning to care for the unhappy. Virgil,
The best days are the first to flee. Virgil
Can such resentment hold the minds of gods? Virgil
Spare the meek, but subdue the arrogant. Virgil
Endure, and keep yourselves for days of happiness. Virgil
Fortunate is he whose mind has the power to probe the causes of things and trample underfoot all terrors and inexorable fate. Virgil
Someday, perhaps, remembering even this will be a pleasure. Virgil
Do the gods light this fire in our hearts or does each man’s mad desire become his god? Virgil
Your honor, your name, your praise will live forever. Virgil
Trust one who has gone through it. Virgil
From one learn all. Virgil
No stranger to misfortune myself, I have learned to relieve the sufferings of others. Virgil
How changed from what he once was! Virgil
Love conquers all; therefore, let us submit to love. Virgil
Prepared for either alternative. Virgil
Friend, have the courage To care little for wealth, and shape yourself, You too, to merit godhead. Virgil
The only hope for the doomed is no hope at all. Virgil
The dank night is sweeping down from the sky and the setting stars incline our heads to sleep. Virgil
I wait with listening ears. Virgil
I fear the Greeks even when they bring gifts. Virgil
Amid the friendly silence of the peaceful moon. Virgil
They are able to think they are able. Virgil
To what extremes won’t you compel our hearts, you accursed lust for gold? Virgil
The dewy night unrolls a heaven thickly jeweled with sparkling stars Virgil
An awful misshapen monster, huge, his eyesight lost. Virgil
The noblest motive is the public good. Virgil
I shall never deny what you deserve, my queen, never regret my memories of Dido, not while I can recall myself and draw the breath of life. Virgil
