Virgil
Virgil (Publius Vergilius Maro) lived from 70-19 BCE. Great Roman poet.
- “Woman is ever a fickle and changeable thing”
- latin: [Varium et mutabile semper femina]
- source: Virgil, Aeneid, IV, 569-570
- “Time flies”
- latin: [Tempus fugit]
- source: Virgil, Georgics, III, 284
- “The one safety for the vanquished is to abandon hope of safety”
- latin: [Una salus victis, nullam sperare salutem]
- source: Virgil, Aeneid, II 354
- “Everyone is dragged on by their favorite pleasure”
- latin: [Trahit sua quemque voluptas]
- source: Virgil, Eclogue II 65
- “Love is the same in all”
- latin: [Amor omnibus idem]
- source: Virgil, Georgics, III
- “Love conquers all things”
- latin: [Amor vincit omnia]
- source: Virgil, Eclogue, X
- “May you arise (as) an avenger from our bones!”
- latin: [Exoriare aliquis nostris ex ossibus ultor]
- source: Virgil, Aeneid, IV, 625
- “Spare the vanquished and subdue the proud”
- latin: [Parcere subiectis et debellare superbos]
- source: Virgil, Aeneid, VI, 847-853
- “Rumor grows as it goes (Virgil)”
- latin: [Fama crescit eundo]
- source: Virgil, Aeneid, IV, 175
- “Work conquers all”
- latin: [Labor omnia vincit]
- source: Virgil, Georgics, I, 145-146
- “Fortunate is he, who is able to know the causes of things”
- latin: [Felix, qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas]
- source: Virgil, Georgics, II, 5.490
- “You, O Roman, govern the nations with your power- remember this! These will be your arts – to impose the ways of peace, To show mercy to the conquered and to subdue the proud”
- latin: [Tu regere imperio populos, Romane, memento; hae tibi erunt artes; pacisque imponere morem, parcere subiectis, et debellare superbos]
- source: Virgil, Aeneid, 851–853
- “Trust in one experienced”
- latin: [Experto credite]
- source: Virgil, Aeneid, XI.283
