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Quotes from Virgil

That happy place, the green groves of the dwelling of the blest.
~ Virgil
Age carries all things away, even the mind.
~ Virgil
I shudder to say it.
~ Virgil
Unwillingly I left your land, O Queen.
~ Virgil
Rumor flies.
~ Virgil
The spirit within nourishes, and the mind, diffused through all the members, sways the mass and mingles with the whole frame.
~ Virgil
We have been Trojans; Troy has been.
~ Virgil
With Jove I begin.
~ Virgil
Utmost [farthest] Thule.
~ Virgil
Ah too fortunate farmers, if they knew their own good fortune!
~ Virgil
Trust one who has tried.
~ Virgil
Good speed to your youthful valor, boy! So shall you scale the stars!
~ Virgil
This life the old Sabines knew long ago; Remus knew it, and his brother.
~ Virgil
Faithful Achates.
~ Virgil
One composed of many.
~ Virgil
Of arms and the man I sing.
~ Virgil
Years grow cold to love.
~ Virgil
Thus, thus, it is joy to pass to the world below.
~ Virgil
The best day… is the first to flee.
~ Virgil
Veiling truth in mystery.
~ Virgil
Draw Daphnis from the town, my songs, draw Daphnis home.
~ Virgil
What if Amyntas is dark? Violets are dark, too, and hyacinths.
~ Virgil
Give me handfuls of lilies to scatter.
~ Virgil
Let us raise a somewhat loftier strain!
~ Virgil