Virgil Quotes

Fury itself supplies arms.

– Virgil

All our sweetest hours fly fastest.

– Virgil

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

– Virgil

Your descendants shall gather your fruits.

– Virgil

Trust one who has tried.

– Virgil

Endure the present, and watch for better things.

– Virgil

Confidence cannot find a place wherein to rest in safety.

– Virgil

There’s a snake lurking in the grass.

– Virgil

Even virtue is fairer when it appears in a beautiful person.

– Virgil

O accursed hunger of gold, to what dost thou not compel human hearts!

– Virgil

Do not yield to misfortunes, but advance more boldly to meet them, as your fortune permits you.

– Virgil

Fear is proof of a degenerate mind.

– 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

Every calamity is to be overcome by endurance.

– Virgil

If one swain scorns you, you will soon find another.

– Virgil

Fate will find a way.

– Virgil

Trust not too much to appearances.

– Virgil

What region of the earth is not full of our calamities?

– Virgil

The only safety for the conquered is to expect no safety.

– Virgil

Perhaps the day may come when we shall remember these sufferings with joy.

– Virgil

To have died once is enough.

– Virgil

They can conquer who believe they can.

– Virgil

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