Virgil Quotes - Page 5

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• They are able who think they are able.

  Virgil

  Thinking, Psychics, Empowerment

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• Angels boast ethereal vigor, and are formed from seeds of heavenly birth.

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  Angel, Vigor, Birth

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• That which an enraged woman can accomplish.

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  Anger, Accomplish

  "Aeneid". Poem by Virgil, V. 6, 29-19 BC.

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• We have to thank God for this retirement.

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  Retirement, Funny Retirement, Thank God

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• Una Salus Victis Nullam Sperare Salutem - (Latin - written 19 BC)
  The only hope for the doomed, is no hope at all.

  Virgil

  Latin, No Hope, Doomed

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• Each draws to his best-loved.

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  Love, Draws

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• Hug the shore; let others try the deep.

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  Philosophical, Kissing, Hug

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• Their rage supplies them with weapons.

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  Philosophical, Weapons, Rage

  "Aeneis (Aeneid)". Poem by Virgil (Book I, line 150), 29-19 BC.

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• Veiling truth in mystery.

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  Truth, Philosophical, Mystery

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• Who can blind lover's eyes?

  Virgil

  Philosophical, Eye, Lovers

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• And, just for good measure, here are a handful of runners up:
  For now the seventh summer carries you,
  A wanderer, across the lands and waters.

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  Summer, Land, Water

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• If I am unable to make the gods above relent, I shall move hell.

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  Moving, Hell, Ifs

  'Aeneid' bk. 7, l. 312

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• What region of the earth is not full of our calamities?

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  Philosophical, Affliction, Earth

  "Aeneid". Poem by Virgil, Line 460, 29 - 19 BC.

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• If only Jupiter would restore me those bygone years.

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  Latin, Years, Jupiter

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• Look with favor upon a bold beginning.

  Virgil

  Inspirational, Looks, Favors

  Georgics no. 1, l. 40. Annuit coeptis (He [God] has favored our undertakings) appears on the reverse of the Great Seal of the United States.

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• The wavering multitude is divided into opposite factions.

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  Opposites, Unity, Wavering

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• A fickle and changeful thing is a woman ever.

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  Women, Fickle

  Virgil (1978). “Virgil: Georgics ; Aeneid I-VI. Eclogues”

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• From my example learn to be just, and not to despise the gods.

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  Philosophical, Example, Despise

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• Uneven numbers are the gods' delight.

  Virgil

  Math, Numbers, Delight

  Virgil (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Virgil (Illustrated)”, p.39, Delphi Classics

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• In strife who inquires whether stratagem or courage was used?

  Virgil

  Courage, Philosophical, Used

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• There's a snake hidden in the grass.

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  Snakes, Grass

  Eclogues no. 3, l. 93

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• We can't all do everything.

  Virgil

  Philosophical

  Eclogues no. 8, l. 63

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• There should be no strife with the vanquished or the dead.

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  Philosophical, Strife, Should

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• Time is flying never to return.

  Virgil

  Philosophical, Reality, Flying

  Georgics no. 3, l. 284. Usually quoted as "tempus fugit" (time flies).

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• Don't trust the horse, Trojans. Whatever it is, I fear the Greeks even bearing gifts. -Equo ne credite, Teucri. Quidquid id est, timeo Danaos et dona ferentes

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  Trust, Horse, Fear

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