Virgil

Death twitches my ear; ‘Live,’ he says… ‘I’m coming.’

Virgil

Each man is led by his own liking.

Virgil

Easy is the descent to hell; all night long, all day, the doors of dark Hades stand open; but to retrace the path; to come out again to the sweet air of Heaven – there is the task, there is the burden.

Virgil

Endure and save yourselves for happier times.

Virgil

Enter on the way of training while the spirits in youth are still pliable.

Virgil

Even virtue is fairer when it appears in a beautiful person.

Virgil

Every man makes a god of his own desire.

Virgil

Evil is nourished and grows by concealment.

Virgil

Fear is proof of a degenerate mind.

Virgil

Fortunate is he whose mind has the power to probe the causes of things and trample underfoot all terrors and inexorable fate.

Virgil