Virgil
Virgil
Publius Vergilius Maro, usually called Virgil or Vergil /ˈvɜːrdʒᵻl/ in English, was an ancient Roman poet of the Augustan period. He is known for three major works of Latin literature, the Eclogues, the Georgics, and the epic Aeneid. A number of minor poems, collected in the Appendix Vergiliana, are sometimes attributed to him...
NationalityRoman
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth15 October 70
kindness may overcoming
Whatever may happen, every kind of fortune is to be overcome by bearing it.
song voice tree
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.
singing tedious
Let us go singing as far as we go: the road will be less tedious.
air steps hell
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...
power tyrants greed
Curst greed of gold, what crimes thy tyrant power has caused.
god passion terrible
Each person, makes their own terrible passion their God.
horse fear may
Trust not the horse, O Trojans. Be it what it may, I fear the Grecians even when they offer gifts.
yield amor love-conquers-all
Amor vincit omnia, et nos cedamus amori. Love conquers all things, so we too shall yield to love.
peace war skills
Roman, remember that you shall rule the nations by your authority, for this is to be your skill, to make peace the custom, to spare the conquered, and to wage war until the haughty are brought low.
latin no-hope written
Una Salus Victis Nullam Sperare Salutem - (Latin - written 19 BC) The only hope for the doomed, is no hope at all...
soil bears refuse
Consider what each soil will bear, and what each refuses
valentine love-conquers-all all-things
Love conquers all things.
endure happier-days
Then endure for a while, and live for a happier day!
watches endure
Endure the present, and watch for better things.