ThursdaySep 18, 2025
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Do not trust the horse, Trojans! Whatever it is, I fear the Greeks, even though they bring gifts.
Oh you who are born of the blood of the gods, Trojan son of Anchises, easy is the descent to hell; the door of dark Dis stands open day and night. But to retrace your steps and come out to the air above, that is work, that is labor!
Whatever it is, I fear the Greeks even when they bring gifts.
Detestable desire for gold!
Accursed thirst for gold! what dost thou not compel mortals to do?
A god has made this peace for us.
Woman is always fickle and changeable.
Go on and increase in valor, O boy! this is the path to immortality.
Yield not to misfortunes, but advance all the more Boldly against them.
Wherever the fates lead us let us follow.
Trust not too much to an enchanting face.
They can because they think they can.
The only safety for the conquered is to expect no safety.
The descent to hell is easy; the gates stand open night And day; but to reclimb the slope, and escape to the upper Air, this is labor.
Sleep and deep repose, most like indeed to death's own quietness.
She (Fame) walks on the earth, and her head is concealed in the clouds.
Mind moves matter.
Time meanwhile flies, flies never to return.
Happy the man who has been able to learn the causes of things.
Love conquers all: and we succumb to love.
From one learn all.
Fear is proof of a degenerate mind.
Every misfortune is to be subdued by patience.
Every man has his appointed day; life is brief and irrevocable; but it is the work of virtue to extend our fame by our deeds.
Even virtue is fairer when it appears in a beautiful person.
Confidence is nowhere safe.
Cease to think that the decrees of the gods can be changed by prayers.
Age carries all things away, even the mind.
I have lived, and I have run the course which fortune allotted me; And now my shade shall descend illustrious to the grave.
Work conquers all.
He utters empty words, he utters sound without mind.
Persevere: It is fitting, for a better fate Awaits the afflicted.
Can heavenly minds yield to such rage?
Arcadians both Arcades ambo
He is fortunate who had been able to learn the causes of things. Felix qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas
Easy is the descent to Avernus. Facilis descensus Averno
God will even grant an end to these [troubles]. Dabit deus his quoque finem
Then endure for a while, and live for a happier day!
Mantua gave me birth, Calabri snatched me away, now Parthenope holds me; I sang of shepherds, pastures, and heroes. Mantua me genuit, Calabri rapuere, tenet nunc Parthenope, cecini pascua, rura, duces
Trust the expert. Experto credite
Faithful Achates. Fidus Achates
The Fates oppose. Fata obstant
The Fates will find a way. Fata viam invenient
Whatever may happen, every kind of fortune is to be overcome by bearing it.
Fortune smiles upon our first effort. Aspirat primo Fortuna labori
The gates of hell are open, night and day; Smooth the descent, and easy the way.
The cursed hunger for gold. Auri sacra fames
Happy the man who knows the causes of things.
The leader of the deed was a woman. Dux femina facti
Learn all from one thing. Ab uno disce omnes
Love conquers all, and let us yield to it. Omnia vincit amor, et nos cedamus amori
Perhaps one day it will be pleasant to remember even these things. Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit
Of which I was a great part. Quorum pars magna fui
You, Roman, remember to rule peoples with your power. Tu regere imperio populos, Romane, memento
Rumor flies. Fama volat
It seemed otherwise to the gods. Dis aliter visum
Sicilian Muses, let us sing of slightly grander things. Sicelides Musae, paulo maiora canamus
He has smiled on our undertakings. Annuit coeptis
A snake lies hidden in the grass. Latet anguis in herba.
All these souls, after they have passed away a thousand years, are summoned by the divine ones in great array, to the lethean river.... In this way they become forgetful of the former earthlife, and re-visit the vaulted realms of the world, willing to return again into living bodies.
So great a task it was to found the Roman race. Tantae molis erat Romanam condere gentem
Meanwhile, Time is flying flying, never to return.
Don't trust the horse, Trojans. Whatever it is, I fear the Greeks even bearing gifts. Equo ne credite, Teucri. Quidquid id est, timeo Danaos et dona ferentes
Wars, horrid wars. Bella horrida bella.
God speed to your youthful valor, boy! So shall you scale the stars!
Now every field is clothed with grass, and every tree with leaves; Now the woods put forth their blossoms, and the year assumes it's gay attire.
Then Heaven, the Father Almighty, comes down in fruitful showers into the lap of his joyous spouse, and his might, with her mighty frame commingling, nurtures all growths.
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