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
moving hell ifs
If I am unable to make the gods above relent, I shall move hell.
moving heaven hell
If I can not bend Heaven, I shall move Hell
bears hell
Each of us bears his own Hell.
moving heaven hell
If I cannot move heaven, I will raise hell.
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...
hell easy descent
Facilis decensus averni. The descent into hell is easy.
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.