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
love amor quitting
Nunc scio quit sit amor." Lat., "Now I know what love is.
wretched
Better times perhaps await us who are now wretched
men desire every-man
Every man makes a god of his own desire
safety
The only safety for the conquered is to expect no safety.
thinking able ability
They are able who think they are able.
lying way hours
The hour is ripe, and yonder lies the way.
uplifting clouds evil
Rumor goes forth at once, Rumor than whom No other speedier evil thing exists; She thrives by rapid movement, and acquires Strength as she goes; small at the first from fear, She presently uplifts herself aloft, And stalks upon the ground and hides her head Among the clouds.
women fickle
Womankind Is ever a fickle and a changeful thing.
anger purpose rage
Impotent fury rages powerless and to no purpose.
learning training way
Enter on the way of training while the spirits in youth are still pliable.
passion mind bows
Passion and strife bow down the mind
women fickle
A fickle and changeful thing is a woman ever.
happiness fate feet
Happy the person who has learned the cause of things and has put under his or her feet all fear, inexorable fate, and the noisy strife of the hell of greed.
trust experts
Trust the expert. -Experto credite