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
fear mind degenerates
Fear is the proof of a degenerate mind.
beauty enchanting trust
Trust not too much to an enchanting face.
conquers english-poet love surrender
Love conquers all things; let us too surrender to Love.
course death descend fortune run shade shall
I have lived, and I have run the course which fortune allotted me; and now my shade shall descend illustrious to the grave.
fate overcome patience whatever
Our fate, whatever it is to be, will be overcome by patience under it.
They are able because they think they are able.
english-poet man
One man excels in eloquence, another in arms.
fates
Wherever the fates lead us let us follow.
age english-poet
Age carries all things away, even the mind.
air descent english-poet regions retrace
The descent to the infernal regions is easy enough, but to retrace one's steps, and reach the air above, there's the rub.
trace
Happy is he who can trace effects to their causes.
ability cares man woman
The world cares very little about what a man or woman knows; it is what a man or woman is able to do that counts.
english-poet time
But meanwhile time flies; it flies never to be regained.
air climb death easy gates retrace stand steps
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.