Virgil Quotes

Virgil delivers stern, heroic counsel that urges bold action against doubt, a must-read for those seeking courage.

41 quotes

1. Audacibus annue coeptis

2. Umida solstitia atque hiemes orate serenas, agricolae.

3. Ut varias usus meditando extunderet artis paulatim.

4. Ignavum, fucos, pecus a praesepibus arcent.

5. Latet anguis in herba.

6. Omnia fert aetas, animum quoque.

7. Cantantes licet usque (minus via laedit) eamus.

8. Omnia vincit amor; et nos cedamus amori.

9. Arma virumque cano.

10. Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit.

11. Equo ne credite, Teucri. quidquid id est, timeo Danaos et dona ferentis.

12. Cessi et sublato montes genitore petivi.

13. Insanam uatem aspicies, quae rupe sub ima fata canit foliisque notas et nomina mandat. quaecumque in foliis descripsit carmina uirgo digerit in numerum atque antro seclusa relinquit: illa manent immota locis neque ab ordine cedunt. uerum eadem, uerso tenuis cum cardine uentus impulit et teneras turbauit ianua frondes, numquam deinde cauo uolitantia prendere saxo nec reuocare situs aut iungere carmina curat: inconsulti abeunt sedemque odere Sibyllae.

14. Hic tibi ne qua morae fuerint dispendia tanti, quamuis increpitent socii et ui cursus in altum uela uocet, possisque sinus implere secundos, quin adeas uatem precibusque oracula poscas ipsa canat uocemque uolens atque ora resoluat. illa tibi Italiae populos uenturaque bella et quo quemque modo fugiasque ferasque laborem expediet, cursusque dabit uenerata secundos. haec sunt quae nostra liceat te uoce moneri.

15. Improbe Amor, quid non mortalia pectora cogis!

16. Varium et mutabile semper femina.

17. Possunt, quia posse videntur.

18. Tu ne cede malis, sed contra audentior ito.

19. Facilis descensus Averni: noctes atque dies patet atri ianua Ditis; sed revocare gradium superasque evadere ad auras. hoc opus, hic labor est.

20. Quisque suos patimur Manes.

21. Flectere si nequeo superos, Acheronta movebo.

22. Audentes fortuna iuvat

23. Experto credite.

24. We may be masters of our every lot By bearing it.

25. The descent to the infernal regions is easy enough, but to retrace one's steps, and reach the air above, there's the rub.

26. If I am unable to make the gods above relent, I shall move hell.

27. Such is the love of praise, so great the anxiety for victory.

28. We have to thank God for this retirement.

29. The Britons are quite separated from all the world.

30. One man excels in eloquence, another in arms.

31. Better times perhaps await us who are now wretched.

32. Each of us bears his own Hell.

33. She nourishes the poison in her veins and is consumed by a secret fire.

34. Age carries all things away, even the mind.

35. Time meanwhile is flying, flying beyond recall.

36. They can do all because they think they can.

37. Fury itself supplies arms.

38. Who asks whether the enemy was defeated by strategy or valor?

39. It is well to be informed about the winds, About the variations in the sky, The native traits and habits of the place, What each locale permits, and what denies.

40. Every calamity is to be overcome by endurance.

41. Easy is the descent to hell; all night long, all day, the doors of dark Hades stand open; but to retrace the path; to come out again to the sweet air of Heaven - there is the task, there is the burden.