Virgil
"Maybe one day we shall be glad to remember even these hardships."
—Virgil (70-19BC)
“A woman is an ever fickle and changeable thing.”
—Virgil (70-19BC)
“Time is flying never to return.”
—Virgil (70-19BC)
“Facilis descensus Averno:
Noctes atque dies patet atri ianua Ditis;
Sed revocare gradium superasque evadere ad auras,
Hoc opus, hic labor est."
("The gates of Hell are open night and day;
Smooth the descent, and easy is the way:
But to return, and view the cheerful skies,
In this task and mighty labor lies.")
—Virgil (70-19BC)
“The noblest motive is the public good.”
—Virgil (70-19BC)
“Audaces fortuna iuvat"
("Fortune favors the bold.”)
—Virgil (70-19BC)
“No day shall erase you from the memory of time”
—Virgil (70-19BC)
“forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit."
("and perhaps it will be pleasing to have remembered these things one day”)
—Virgil (70-19BC)
“The gates of Hell are open night and day; smooth the descent and easy is the way.”
—Virgil (70-19BC)
“The greatest wealth is health”
—Virgil (70-19BC)
“They can because they think they can.”
—Virgil (70-19BC)
“Una Salus Victis Nullam Sperare Salutem"
("The only hope for the doomed, is no hope at all...”)
—Virgil (70-19BC)
“Do the gods light this fire in our hearts or does each man's mad desire become his god?”
—Virgil (70-19BC)
“Let us go singing as far as we go: the road will be less tedious.”
—Virgil (70-19BC)
“Facilis descensus Averni.”
("Going to hell")
—Virgil (70-19BC)