Virgil
Publius Vergilius Maro (October 15, 70 BCE – September 21, 19 BCE), usually called Virgil or Vergil /ˈvɜrdʒəl/ in English, was an ancient Roman poet of the Augustan period. He is known for three major works of Latin literature, the Eclogues (or Bucolics), the Georgics, and the epic Aeneid. A number of minor poems, collected in the Appendix Vergiliana, are sometimes attributed to him.
Virgil is traditionally ranked as one of Rome's greatest poets. His Aeneid has been considered the national epic of ancient Rome from the time of its composition to the present day. Modeled after Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, the Aeneid follows the Trojan refugee Aeneas as he struggles to fulfill his destiny and arrive on the shores of Italy—in Roman mythology the founding act of Rome. Virgil's work has had wide and deep influence on Western literature, most notably the Divine Comedy of Dante, in which Virgil appears as Dante's guide through hell and purgatory.
“Do not yield to misfortunes, but advance more boldly to meet them, as your fortune permits you. ”
“The noblest motive is the public good.”
“Love conquers all things; let us too surrender to love.”
“The descent into Hell is easy”
“They are able who think they are able.”
“Amor vincit omnia, et nos cedamus amori.Love conquers all things, so we too shall yield to love.”
“Let me rage before I die.”
“Fortunate is he whose mind has the power to probe the causes of things and trample underfoot all terrors and inexorable fate.”
“Optima dies...prima fugit”
“I will be gone from here and sing my songs/ In the forest wilderness where the wild beasts are,/ And carve in letters on the little trees/ The story of my love, and as the trees/ Will grow letters too will grow, to cry/ In a louder voice the story of my love.”
“Facilis descensus Averni:noctes atque dies patet atri ianua Ditis;sed revocare gradium superasque evadere ad auras.hoc opus, hic labor est.”
“I was the first to bring the Muse into my country.”
“Agnosco veteris vestigia flammae.”
“Trust one who has gone through it.”
“They can because they think they can.”
“The greatest wealth is health”
“Vera incessu patuit dea.(The goddess indubitable was revealed in her step.)”
“Audaces fortuna iuvat (latin)- Fortune favors the bold.”
“Una Salus Victis Nullam Sperare Salutem - (Latin - written 19 BC)The only hope for the doomed, is no hope at all...”
“Let us go singing as far as we go: the road will be less tedious.”
“Optima dies...prima fugit (The best days are the first to flee)”
“Love conquers all; therefore, let us submit to love.”
“Through pain I've learned to comfort suffering men”