The Aeneid
Virgil
Top 10 Best Quotes
“The descent into Hell is easy”
“Do the gods light this fire in our hearts or does each man's mad desire become his god?”
“Through pain I've learned to comfort suffering men”
“Una Salus Victis Nullam Sperare Salutem - (Latin - written 19 BC) The only hope for the doomed, is no hope at all...”
“...She nourishes the poison in her veins and is consumed by a secret fire.”
“Facilis descensus Averno: Noctes atque dies patet atri ianua Ditis; Sed revocare gradium superasque evadere ad auras, Hoc opus, hic labor est. (The gates of Hell are open night and day; Smooth the descent, and easy is the way: But to return, and view the cheerful skies, In this task and mighty labor lies.)”
“The gates of hell are open night and day; Smooth the descent, and easy is the way: But to return, and view the cheerful skies, In this the task and mighty labor lies.”
“But the queen--too long she has suffered the pain of love, hour by hour nursing the wound with her lifeblood, consumed by the fire buried in her heart. [...] His looks, his words, they pierce her heart and cling-- no peace, no rest for her body, love will give her none.”
“Ah, merciless Love, is there any length to which you cannot force the human heart to go?”
“Death's brother, sleep.”
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