Virgil Quotes

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Him through the fire these shoulders bore,
And from the heart of battle tore.

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The trees are cloth'd with leaves, the fields with grass;
The blossoms blow; the birds on bushes sing;
And Nature has accomplish'd all the spring.

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Time, toil, and circumstance full oft
A humbled cause have raised aloft,
And Fortune whom she mocked before
Has placed on solid ground once more.

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Wars, horrid wars, I view—a field of blood,
And Tiber rolling with a purple flood.

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Dire agonies, wild terrors swarm,
And Death glares grim in many a form.

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A monstrous bulk, deformed, deprived of sight.

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Unremitting labour
And harsh necessity's hand will master anything.

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Rage boiling from the bottom of his breast,
And sorrow, mix'd with shame, his soul oppress'd;
And conscious worth lay lab'ring in his thought;
And love by jealousy to madness wrought.

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'Tis here, in diff'rent paths, the way divides.

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The spirit within nourishes, and mind instilled throughout the living parts activates the whole mass and mingles with the vast frame.

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Death twitches my ear. "Live," he says; "I am coming."

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Love conquers all; let us, too, yield to love.

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His limbs were cold in death; his spirit fled with a groan, indignant, to the shades below.

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Love conquers all things; let us too surrender to Love.

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Lo, great Marcellus! see him tower,
With kingly spoils in conquering power,
The warrior host above!

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Live and be blest! 'tis sweet to feel
Fate's book is closed and under seal.
For us, alas! that volume stern
Has many another page to turn.

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Learn of your father to be great,
Of others to be fortunate.

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And the most miserable things which I myself saw and of which I was a major part.

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Now has come the last age according to the oracle at Cumae; the great series of lifetimes starts anew. Now too the virgin goddess returns, the golden days of Saturn's reign return, now a new race is sent down from high heaven.

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My life is lived, and I have played
The part that Fortune gave,
And now I pass, a queenly shade,
Majestic to the grave.

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In vain she strives with dying hands
To wrench away the blade:
Fixed in her ribs the weapon stands,
Closed by the wound it made.
Bloodless and faint, she gasps for breath;
Her heavy eyes sink down in death;
Her cheek's bright colors fade.

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Others, I take it, will work better with breathing bronze and draw living faces from marble; others will plead at law with greater eloquence, or measure the pathways of the sky, or forecast the rising stars. Be it your concern, Roman, to rule the nations under law (this is your proper skill) and establish the way of peace; to spare the conquered and put down the mighty from their seat.

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Now listen while my tongue declares
The tale you ask of Danaan snares,
And gather from a single charge
Their catalogue of crimes at large.

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An old story, but the glory of it is forever.

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Thus she spoke and turned away with a flash of her rosy neck, and her ambrosial hair exhaled a divine fragrance; her dress flowed right down to her feet and her true godhead was evident from her walk.

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