Virgil
Aeneid
Sayings by Virgil
The descent to the underworld is easy.
The only safety for the vanquished is to hope for no safety.
I sing of arms and the man.
Fame, the evil, than which no other evil is swifter.
The descent into Avernus is easy.
Do not trust the horse, Trojans. Whatever it is, I fear the Greeks, even when they bring gifts.
Through various hazards, through so many crises of things, we tend to Latium, where the Fates show quiet seats.
The mind moves the mass.
Work conquers all.
Every man's last day is fixed. Brief and irreparable is the time of life for all.
From a single crime, learn all.
No day shall erase you from the memory of time.
The gates of hell are open night and day; smooth the descent, and easy is the way.
Be not afraid of the shadows, for they only mean there is a light shining somewhere near.
The best kind of glory is to be true to yourself.
Come what may, all bad fortune is to be conquered by endurance.
The reward of an honest action is to have performed it.
Rumor, a winged monster.
Ah, what a world of pains are hid in that one word, 'love'!
The course of fate is fixed, and cannot be revoked.