No stranger to misfortune myself, I have learned to relieve the sufferings of others.
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.
More Virgil Quotes
-
-
The only hope for the doomed, is no hope at all.
VIRGIL -
Fortune sides with him who dares.
VIRGIL -
Friend, have the courage To care little for wealth, and shape yourself, You too, to merit godhead
VIRGIL -
Maybe one day we shall be glad to remember even these hardships.
VIRGIL -
Evil is nourished and grows by concealment.
VIRGIL -
Fortune favors the bold.
VIRGIL -
Time carries all things, even our wits, away.
VIRGIL -
Let us go singing as far as we go: the road will be less tedious.
VIRGIL -
Rumor 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.
VIRGIL -
The gates of Hell are open night and day; smooth the descent and easy is the way.
VIRGIL -
Do not yield to misfortunes, but advance more boldly to meet them, as your fortune permits you.
VIRGIL -
Fear reveals baseborn souls!
VIRGIL -
The dank night is sweeping down from the sky and the setting stars incline our heads to sleep.
VIRGIL -
When gods are contrary they stand by no one.
VIRGIL -
I fear the Greeks even when they bring gifts.
VIRGIL