Virgil

Oh you who are born of the gods, easy is the descent into Hell. The door of darkness stands open day and night. But to retrace your steps, and come back out into the brightness above, that is the work, that is the labor.

Virgil

One man excels in eloquence, another in arms.

Virgil

Perhaps the day may come when we shall remember these sufferings with joy.

Virgil

Practice and thought might gradually forge many an art.

Virgil

Roman, remember by your strength to rule Earth’s peoples – for your arts are to be these: To pacify, to impose the rule of law, To spare the conquered, battle down the proud.

Virgil

Roman, remember that you shall rule the nations by your authority, for this is to be your skill, to make peace the custom, to spare the conquered, and to wage war until the haughty are brought low.

Virgil

She nourishes the poison in her veins and is consumed by a secret fire.

Virgil

Spare the meek, but subdue the arrogant.

Virgil

Such is the love of praise, so great the anxiety for victory.

Virgil

Such words he utters, and sick with deep distress he feigns hope on his face, and keeps his anguish hidden deep in his breast.

Virgil