Virgil Quotes
Roman poet and author of the Roman Empire's national epic, Aeneid.
(170 BC - 19 BC)
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A fault is fostered by concealment.
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A fickle and changeful thing is a woman ever.
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A snake lurks in the grass.
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Accursed thirst for gold! what dost thou not compel mortals to do?
[Gold]
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Age steals away all things, even the mind.
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All our sweetest hours fly fastest.
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All things deteriorate in time.
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As the twig is bent the tree inclines.
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Believe one who has proved it. Believe an expert.
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Better times perhaps await us who are now wretched.
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But meanwhile time flies; it flies never to be regained.
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Cease to think that the decrees of the gods can be changed by prayers.
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Come what may, all bad fortune is to be conquered by endurance.
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Command large fields, but cultivate small ones.
[Agriculture]
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Confidence cannot find a place wherein to rest in safety.
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Consider what each soil will bear, and what each refuses.
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Curst greed of gold, what crimes thy tyrant power has caused.
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Do not commit your poems to pages alone, sing them I pray you.
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Do not trust the horse, Trojans! Whatever it is, I fear the Greeks, even though they bring gifts.
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