Quotes by Publius Vergilius Maro

Wisdom from adversity is the best wisdom.

Let them call it mischief: when it is past and prospered, it will be virtue.

The chosen venture is dangerous, the result beneficial.

An ancient valor stands on our side; the gods are against our foes.

Love conquers all; let us, too, yield to love.

The greatest wealth is a poverty of desires.

Beware of despairing about yourself: you are commanded to put your trust in God, and not in yourself.

They change their sky, not their soul, who run across the sea.

Courage never to submit or yield.

Learn to suffer without complaining.

Happy the man who has been able to learn the causes of things.

Providence abhors delay.

Persist, and thou shalt overcome.

Who asks whether the enemy were defeated by strategy or valor?

To labor is the lot of man below; and when the gods give respite, it is to let us suffer woe.

Glory follows virtue as if it were its shadow.

Fate gave the word: the will is power.

Fame is a fickle food.

A faithful companion on the road is as good as a carriage.

Hard beginnings have a hard ending.

Every man makes his own destiny.

Fate's huge force doth move the mass.

Hope on, and save yourself for prosperous times.

Let them hate so long as they fear.

Let us go singing as far as we go: the road will be less tedious.

Time flies never to be recalled.

Come what may, all bad fortune is to be conquered by endurance.

The mind moves the mass.

Death's terror is the spell of all, and who can say he scorns it when it comes.

The labor we delight in physics pain.

Let us go where the fates take us.

Unhappy souls, who perished in the war.

How fortunate, to whom the fair one's love comes free, unforced.

Easy is the descent to Avernus. The gate to dark Dis stands open day and night.

Grief itself’s a medicine.

Time bears away all things.

Death twitches my ear. 'Live,' he says, 'I am coming.'

Trust not the king for protection; the free man must trust to himself.

Work conquers all.

We make our destinies by our choice of gods.

Fate urges me on.

Each man has his appointed day: the rest is over with one brief day and irretrievable.

Yield not to calamity, but face her boldly.

If I cannot move heaven, I will raise hell.

Fortune sides with him who dares.

Do not trust the horse, Trojans. Whatever it is, I fear the Greeks, even bearing gifts.

They can because they think they can.

The fates will find their way.

Blessings on your efforts, Mercury.

Endure the present, and watch for better things.

Fate will find a way.

Love conquers all things; let us too surrender to Love.

Fortune favors the bold.

The gates of Hell are open night and day; smooth the descent and easy is the way.