Monday, July 4, 2011

Virgil

A fault is fostered by concealment.
Virgil

Age carries all things away, even the mind.
Virgil

Age steals away all things, even the mind.
Virgil

All our sweetest hours fly fastest.
Virgil

All things deteriorate in time.
Virgil

As the twig is bent the tree inclines.
Virgil

Better times perhaps await us who are now wretched.
Virgil

But meanwhile time flies; it flies never to be regained.
Virgil

Cease to think that the decrees of the gods can be changed by prayers.
Virgil

Come what may, all bad fortune is to be conquered by endurance.
Virgil

Confidence cannot find a place wherein to rest in safety.
Virgil

Consider what each soil will bear, and what each refuses.
Virgil

Do not yield to misfortunes, but advance more boldly to meet them, as your fortune permits you.
Virgil

Each of us bears his own Hell.
Virgil

Endure the present, and watch for better things.
Virgil

Even virtue is fairer when it appears in a beautiful person.
Virgil

Every calamity is to be overcome by endurance.
Virgil

Every man makes a god of his own desire.
Virgil

Every sound alarms.
Virgil

Fate will find a way.
Virgil


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