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
trace
Happy is he who can trace effects to their causes.
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.
english-poet man
One man excels in eloquence, another in arms.
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.
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.
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.
becomes brings earth home intensity passion profession spiritual
Your profession is not what brings home your paycheck. Your profession is what you were put on earth to do. With such passion and such intensity that it becomes spiritual in calling.
increase path valor
Go on and increase in valor for this is the path to immortality.
english-poet time
But meanwhile time flies; it flies never to be regained.