Virgil
O you who have borne even heavier things, to these too, God will grant an end!Collection: Ends
Rumor goes forth at once, Rumor than whom No other speedier evil thing exists; She thrives by rapid movement, and acquires Strength as she goes; small at the first from fear, She presently uplifts herself aloft, And stalks upon the ground and hides her head Among the clouds.Collection: Uplifting
Fear reveals baseborn souls!Collection: Soul
I shudder when relating it.Collection: Philosophical
Trust not the horse, O Trojans. Be it what it may, I fear the Grecians even when they offer gifts.Collection: Horse
Mantua gave me birth, Calabri snatched me away, now Parthenope holds me; I sang of shepherds, pastures, and heroes. -Mantua me genuit, Calabri rapuere, tenet nunc Parthenope, cecini pascua, rura, ducesCollection: Hero
We can't all do everything.Collection: Philosophical
She nourishes the poison in her veins and is consumed by a secret fire.Collection: Fire
Each draws to his best-loved.Collection: Love
From my example learn to be just, and not to despise the gods.Collection: Philosophical
You, Roman, remember to rule peoples with your power. -Tu regere imperio populos, Romane, mementoCollection: Power
Sing in me, muse, of arms and a man, who first from the shores of Troy.Collection: Men
The noblest motive is the public good.Collection: Motive
Curst greed of gold, what crimes thy tyrant power has caused.Collection: Power
Womankind Is ever a fickle and a changeful thing.Collection: Women
He is fortunate who had been able to learn the causes of things. -Felix qui potuit rerum cognoscere causasCollection: Learning
Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.Collection: Greek
Even virtue is fairer in a fair body.Collection: Body
The cursed hunger for gold. -Auri sacra famesCollection: Gold
Fury itself supplies arms.Collection: Philosophical