Time passes irrevocably.
VIRGILTime passes irrevocably.
VIRGILYour descendants shall gather your fruits.
VIRGILFear reveals baseborn souls!
VIRGILMaybe one day we shall be glad to remember even these hardships.
VIRGILLet us go singing as far as we go: the road will be less tedious.
VIRGILDo not yield to misfortunes, but advance more boldly to meet them, as your fortune permits you.
VIRGILRumor starts as a timid thing, But soon it covers the earth, and its voices ring, While its feet walk the ground and its head is above the clouds.
VIRGILNo benefits can be expected from war.
VIRGILThe gates of Hell are open night and day; smooth the descent and easy is the way.
VIRGILThe noblest motive is the public good.
VIRGILEvery man’s last day is fixed. Lifetimes are brief, and not to be regained, for all mankind. But by their deeds to make their fame last: that is labor for the brave.
VIRGILSpare the meek, but subdue the arrogant.
VIRGILMind moves matter.
VIRGILTrust one who has gone through it.
VIRGILEach of us bears his own Hell.
VIRGILIt is easy to go down into Hell but to climb back again, to retrace one’s steps to the upper air – there’s the rub.
VIRGIL