Quotes from Virgil

Haud impune quidem; nec talia passus Ulixes, oblitusve sui est Ithacus discrimine tanto.

The last day has come for our Dardan land. This is the hour which no effort of ours can alter. We Trojans are no more: no more is Ilium;no more the splendour of Teucrian glory. All now belongs to Argos; it is Jupiter's remorseless will.

Optima dies...prima fugit

obscuris vera involvens:

Tu ne cede malis

Tum vero exarsit iuveni dolor ossibus ingens, nec lacrimis caruere genae, segnemque Menoeten, oblitus decorisque sui sociumque salutis, in mare praecipitem puppi deturbat ab alta; ipse gubernaclo rector subit, ipse magister

A fickle and changeful thing is woman ever

Time carries all things, even our wits, away.

Pars stupet innuptae donum exitiale Minervae, et molem mirantur equi;

Ingentis animos angusto in pectore versant.

Et iam prima novo spargebat lumine terras

Meanwhile Aeneas the True longed to allay her grief and dispel her sufferings with kind words. yet he remained obedient to the divine command, and with many a sigh, for he was shaken to the depths by the strength of his love, returned to his ships.

At puer Ascanius, cui nunc cognomen Iulo additur,---Ilus erat, dum res stetit Ilia regno,--- triginta magnos volvendis mensibus orbis imperio explebit, regnumque ab sede Lavini transferet, et longam multa vi muniet Albam.

A festive din now rose and echoed through the palace halls. Lighted lamps hung from the coffered ceiling rich with gold leaf, and torches with high flames prevailed over the night.

Naviget:  haec summa est; hic nostri nuntius esto.

Believe one who hath proved it, how mightily he rises over his shield, in what a whirlwind he hurls his spear.

Una salus victis, nullam sperare salutem!

possunt, quia posse videntur.

Nascetur pulchra Troianus origine Caesar, imperium oceano, famam qui terminet astris,--- Iulius, a magno demissum nomen Iulo.

Love triumphs over all.

Endure for a while, and live for a happier day.

To decent Avernus is easy; the gate of Pluto stands open night and day; but to retrace ones's steps and return to the upper air, that is the toil, that is the difficulty.

Postera Phoebea lustrabat lampade terras

Tum vero Teucri incumbunt, et litore celsas deducunt toto naves:  natat uncta carina; frondentisque ferunt remos et robora silvis infabricata, fugae studio.