Virgil Quotes - Page 3

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• A shifty, fickle object is woman, always. (Varium et mutabile semper femina.)

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  Fickle, Objects

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• Trust one who has tried.

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  Trust, Philosophical

  Virgil (1871). “Virgil in English Rhythm: With Illustrations from the British Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper”, p.294

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• Impotent fury rages powerless and to no purpose.

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  Anger, Purpose, Rage

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• Every calamity is to be overcome by endurance.

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  Determination, Philosophical, Endurance

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• I will be gone from here and sing my songs/ In the forest wilderness where the wild beasts are,/ And carve in letters on the little trees/ The story of my love, and as the trees/ Will grow letters too will grow, to cry/ In a louder voice the story of my love.

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  Song, Voice, Tree

  Virgil (2015). “The Eclogues of Virgil”, p.53, Macmillan

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• Fear betrays unworthy souls.

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  Fear, Soul, Betray

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• Your descendants shall gather your fruits.

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  Nature, Philosophical, Environmental

  "Eclogues" by Virgil, Book IX, (Line 50), 37 BC.

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• We are not all able to do all things.

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  Able, Ability, All Things

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• From a single crime know the nation.

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  Crime, Crime And Criminals, Knows

  Virgil (1930). “Virgil”

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• To have died once is enough.

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  Death, Enough, Died

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• That man is the most loyal who aims at the noblest motive, and that motive the public good.

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  Loyalty, Men, Motive

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• Nunc scio quit sit amor." Lat., "Now I know what love is.

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  Love, Amor, Quitting

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• Go forth a conqueror and win great victories.

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  Philosophical, Winning, Victory

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• The only safety for the conquered is to expect no safety.

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  Safety

  "Aeneid" by Virgil, Book II, 29-19 BC.

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• None but himself can be his parallel.

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  Philosophical, Parallels

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• Facilis decensus averni. The descent into hell is easy.

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  Hell, Easy, Descent

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• Endure and save yourselves for happier times.

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  Endurance, Endure, Happier Times

  Virgil, Stanley Lombardo (2005). “Aeneid”, p.8, Hackett Publishing

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• All these souls, after they have passed away a thousand years, are summoned by the divine ones in great array, to the lethean river. . . . In this way they become forgetful of the former earthlife, and re-visit the vaulted realms of the world, willing to return again into living bodies.

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  Life, Years, Rivers

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• How can there be such anger in the minds of the gods?

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  Latin, Mind

  "The Aeneid".

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• Confidence cannot find a place wherein to rest in safety.

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  Confidence, Philosophical, Reality

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• Each man is led by his own liking.

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  Wisdom, Men

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• Time passes irrevocably.

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  Philosophical, Time Passes

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• Trust the expert. -Experto credite

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  Trust, Experts

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• They can conquer who believe they can.

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  Conquer, Belive

  "Aeneis (Aeneid)". Poem by Virgil (Book V, line 231 in John Dryden's translation), 29-19 BC.

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• Harsh necessity, and the newness of my kingdom, force me to do such things and to guard my frontiers everywhere.

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  Kingdoms, Harsh, Force

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