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 one swain scorns you, you will soon find another. — Virgil
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
They succeed, because they think they can. — Virgil
O accursed hunger of gold, to what dost thou not compel human hearts! — Virgil
What region of the earth is not full of our calamities? — Virgil
Let not our proposal be disregarded on the score of our youth. — Virgil
Mind moves matter. — Virgil
Fury itself supplies arms. — Virgil
From one learn all. — Virgil
Confidence cannot find a place wherein to rest in safety. — Virgil
Who can blind lover’s eyes? — Virgil
All things deteriorate in time. — Virgil
They can conquer who believe they can. — Virgil
Trust one who has tried. — Virgil
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
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
Fortune sides with him who dares. — Virgil
If ye despise the human race, and mortal arms, yet remember that there is a God who is mindful of right and wrong. — Virgil
Consider what each soil will bear, and what each refuses. — Virgil
I fear the Greeks, even when they bring gifts. — Virgil
Fate will find a way. — Virgil
A fault is fostered by concealment. — Virgil
Perhaps the day may come when we shall remember these sufferings with joy. — Virgil
Your descendants shall gather your fruits. — Virgil
Cease to think that the decrees of the gods can be changed by prayers. — Virgil
From my example learn to be just, and not to despise the gods. — Virgil
Want of pluck shows want of blood. — Virgil
Every sound alarms. — Virgil
It never troubles the wolf how many the sheep may be. — Virgil
Myself acquainted with misfortune, I learn to help the unfortunate. — Virgil
Persevere and preserve yourselves for better circumstances. — Virgil
Their rage supplies them with weapons. — Virgil
Passion and strife bow down the mind. — Virgil
There should be no strife with the vanquished or the dead. — Virgil
Every calamity is to be overcome by endurance. — Virgil
The medicine increases the disease. — Virgil
Fear is proof of a degenerate mind. — Virgil
Age steals away all things, even the mind. — Virgil
The only safety for the conquered is to expect no safety. — Virgil
Fortune favours the bold. — Virgil
To have died once is enough. — Virgil
Do not yield to misfortunes, but advance more boldly to meet them, as your fortune permits you. — Virgil
Hug the shore; let others try the deep. — Virgil
He like a rock in the sea unshaken stands his ground. — Virgil
None but himself can be his parallel. — Virgil
Time passes irrevocably. — Virgil
Yield not to calamity, but face her boldly. — Virgil
Time flies never to be recalled. — Virgil
Trust not too much to appearances. — Virgil
Perhaps even these things, one day, will be pleasing to remember. — Virgil
Love begets love, love knows no rules, this is same for all. — Virgil
Happy is he who can trace effects to their causes. — Virgil
But meanwhile time flies; it flies never to be regained. — Virgil
Endure the present, and watch for better things. — Virgil
Happy the man who has been able to learn the causes of things. — Virgil
Each of us bears his own Hell. — Virgil
Age carries all things away, even the mind. — Virgil
We can’t all do everything. — Virgil
Time is flying never to return. — Virgil
As the twig is bent the tree inclines. — Virgil
All our sweetest hours fly fastest. — Virgil
There’s a snake lurking in the grass. — Virgil
Who asks whether the enemy was defeated by strategy or valor? — Virgil
Is there any pleasure in anger? Yes, if the fire of my anger appeases the ashes of my friends. — Virgil
Better times perhaps await us who are now wretched. — Virgil
Love conquers all. — Virgil
One man excels in eloquence, another in arms. — Virgil
Every man makes a god of his own desire. — Virgil
Go forth a conqueror and win great victories. — Virgil
Wherever the fates lead us let us follow. — Virgil
Veiling truth in mystery. — Virgil
Come what may, all bad fortune is to be conquered by endurance. — Virgil
Even virtue is fairer when it appears in a beautiful person. — Virgil
I shudder when relating it. — Virgil
What each man feared would happen to himself, did not trouble him when he saw that it would ruin another. — Virgil
He enters the port with a full sail. — Virgil
In strife who inquires whether stratagem or courage was used? — Virgil
They are able because they think they are able. — Virgil
