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
english-poet man
One man excels in eloquence, another in arms.
ability cares man woman
The world cares very little about what a man or woman knows; it is what a man or woman is able to do that counts.
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.
men desire every-man
Every man makes a god of his own desire
appointed brief extend fame life man short work
Each man has his appointed day: short and irreparable in the brief life of all, but to extend our fame by our deeds, this is the work of mankind.
fate overcome patience whatever
Our fate, whatever it is to be, will be overcome by patience under it.
beauty enchanting trust
Trust not too much to an enchanting face.
They are able because they think they are able.
fates
Wherever the fates lead us let us follow.
air descent english-poet regions retrace
The descent to the infernal regions is easy enough, but to retrace one's steps, and reach the air above, there's the rub.
trace
Happy is he who can trace effects to their causes.
course death descend fortune run shade shall
I have lived, and I have run the course which fortune allotted me; and now my shade shall descend illustrious to the grave.
conquers english-poet love surrender
Love conquers all things; let us too surrender to Love.
future perhaps prove source
Perhaps the remembrance of these things will prove a source of future pleasure.