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Virgil Quotes
 Roman epic poet

| “ | Trust one who has gone through it.
The Aeneid | ” |
| “ | Love conquers all things; let us too surrender to Love.
Eclogues | ” |
| “ | Let us go singing as far as we go: the road will be less tedious.
Eclogues | ” |
| “ | A snake lurks in the grass.
Eclogues | ” |
| “ | Yield not to evils, but attack all the more boldly.
Aeneid | ” |
| “ | Whatever it is, I fear Greeks even when they bring gifts.
Aeneid | ” |
| “ | Romans, never forget that government is your medium! Be this your art:-to practice men in habit of peace, generosity to the conquered, and firmness against aggressors.
Aeneid | ” |
| “ | 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.
Aeneid | ” |
| “ | I have known sorrow and learned to aid the wretched.
Aeneid | ” |
| “ | Fortune favors the brave.
Aeneid | ” |
| “ | Each of us bears his own Hell.
Aeneid | ” |
| “ | Death's brother, Sleep.
Aeneid | ” |
| “ | Believe one who has proved it. Believe an expert.
Aeneid | ” |
| “ | Your descendants shall gather your fruits. | ” |
| “ | They can do all because they think they can. | ” |
| “ | They can conquer who believe they can.
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| “ | Practice and thought might gradually forge many an art. | ” |
| “ | O tyrant love, to what do you not drive the hearts of men. | ” |
| “ | Look with favour upon a bold beginning. | ” |
| “ | In quarrels such as these not ours to intervene. | ” |
| “ | As a twig is bent the tree inclines. | ” |

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