Virgil - Georgics

41 Sourced Quotes

View all Virgil Quotes
Blessed is he who has been able to win knowledge of the causes of things.

Virgil
Yet all those dreadful deeds, this doubtful fray,
A cast of scatter'd dust will soon allay.

Virgil
Exert a rigorous sway, And lop the too luxuriant boughs away.

Virgil
Th' immortal line in sure succession reigns;
The fortune of the family remains;
And grandsires' grandsires the long list contains.

Virgil
Thus all below, whether by Nature's curse,
Or Fate's decree, degenerate still to worse:
So the boat's brawny crew the current stem,
And, slow advancing, struggle with the stream:
But if they slack their hands, or cease to strive,
Then down the flood with headlong haste they drive.

Virgil
New ways I must attempt, my groveling name
To raise aloft, and wing my flight to fame.

Virgil
Some to the seas, and some to camps, resort,
And some with impudence invade the court.

Virgil
Thus every creature, and of every kind,
The secret joys of sweet coition find.
Not only man's imperial race, but they
That wing the liquid air, or swim the sea,
Or haunt the desert, rush into the flame:
For love is lord of all, and is in all the same.

Virgil
Practice and thought might gradually forge many an art.

Virgil
The great Father himself has willed that the path of husbandry should not run smooth.

Virgil
And the shore echoes the song of the kingfisher, and the woods echo the song of the goldfinch.

Virgil