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
learning training way
Enter on the way of training while the spirits in youth are still pliable.
trust experts
Trust the expert. -Experto credite
singing tedious
Let us go singing as far as we go: the road will be less tedious.
fate mind causes
Fortunate is he whose mind has the power to probe the causes of things and trample underfoot all terrors and inexorable fate.
bears hell
Each of us bears his own Hell.
greek
Beware of Greeks bearing gifts,
snakes grass
There's a snake hidden in the grass.
yield amor love-conquers-all
Amor vincit omnia, et nos cedamus amori. Love conquers all things, so we too shall yield to love.
philosophical mind age
Age steals away all things, even the mind.
learning one-thing
Learn all from one thing. -Ab uno disce omnes
opposites unity wavering
The wavering multitude is divided into opposite factions.
latin race found
What a lot of work it was to found the Roman race.
broken-heart breakup one-day
Maybe one day we shall be glad to remember even these hardships.
triumph persistent
Persistent work triumphs.