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
air climb death easy gates retrace stand steps
It is easy to go down into Hell; night and day, the gates of dark Death stand wide; but to climb back again, to retrace one's steps to the upper air - there's the rub, the task.
english-poet twig
As the twig is bent the tree inclines.
It never troubles the wolf how many the sheep may be.
cute-love last love sweet-love
At last I know what love is really like.
against attack beaten endures exposed fury hate man rock sea shower vast winds
They attack the one man with their hate and their shower of weapons. But he is like some rock which stretches into the vast sea and which, exposed to the fury of the winds and beaten against by the waves, endures all the violence.
dragged favorite pleasure
Everyone is dragged on by their favorite pleasure.
latin years jupiter
If only Jupiter would restore me those bygone years.
latin race found
What a lot of work it was to found the Roman race.
latin mind
Is there so much anger in the minds of the gods?
sympathy suffering affliction
Not being untutored in suffering, I learn to pity those in affliction
conquer belive
They can conquer who belive they can.
inspirational favors looks
Look with favor upon a bold beginning.
adversity destiny blessing
Live on in your blessings, your destiny's been won. But ours calls us on from one ordeal to the next.
motive public-good
The noblest motive is the public good.