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
endurance may masters
We may be masters of our every lot By bearing it.
faith inspiration adversity
Yield thou not to adversity, but press on the more bravely.
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He like a rock in the sea unshaken stands his ground.
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Persevere and preserve yourselves for better circumstances.
pain men suffering
Through pain I've learned to comfort suffering men
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People are able because they think they're able
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No day shall erase you from the memory of time
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Others may fashion more smoothly images of bronze (I for one believe it), evoke living faces from marble, plead causes better, trace with a wand the wanderings of the heavens and foretell the rising of stars. But you, Roman, remember to rule the peoples with power (these will be your arts); impose the habit of peace, spare the vanquished and war down the proud!
philosophical endurance overcoming
Every calamity is to be overcome by endurance.
triumph persistent
Persistent work triumphs.
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The Britons are quite separated from all the world.
philosophical yield permit
Do not yield to misfortunes, but advance more boldly to meet them, as your fortune permits you.
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Maybe one day we shall be glad to remember even these hardships.
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That man is the most loyal who aims at the noblest motive, and that motive the public good.