Virgil Quotes

Roman poet (1st century BC)

Publius Vergilius Maro (October 15, 70 BC – September 21, 19 BC), known in English as Virgil or Vergil, was a Roman poet, the author of the Eclogues, the Georgics and the Aeneid, the last being an epic poem of twelve books that became the Roman Empire's national epic.

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Native Name: Publius Vergilius Maro

Alternative Names: Vergil • Mantuan Swan • Swan of Mantua

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Inventas aut qui vitam excoluere per artes.

Dine hunc ardorem mentibus addunt,
Euryale, an sua cuique deus fit dira cupido?

Quid non mortalia pectora cogis,
Auri sacra fames?

Sunt hic etiam sua praemia laudi,
Sunt lacrimae rerum et mentem mortalia tangunt.

Macte nova virtute, puer, sic itur ad astra.

Durate, et vosmet rebus servate secundis.

Ille ego, qui quondam gracili modulatus avena
Carmen, et egressus silvis vicina coegi
Ut quamvis avido parerent arva colono,
Gratum opus agricolis, at nunc horrentia Martis ...

What a woman can do in frenzy.

Sunt geminae Somni portae, quarum altera fertur
Cornea, qua veris facilis datur exitus umbris,
Altera candenti perfecta nitens elephanto,
Sed falsa ad caelum mittunt insomnia Manes.

Some day, perhaps, remembering even this
Will be a pleasure.

Vixi, et, quem dederat cursum Fortuna, peregi;
Et nunc magna mei sub terras ibit Imago.

We cannot all do everything.

Monstrum horrendum, informe, ingens, cui lumen ademptum.

Ulterius ne tende odiis.

Possunt, quia posse videntur.