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They are able because they think they are able. [Lat., Possunt quia posse videntur.]


Virgil or Vergil (Publius Virgilius Maro Vergil)

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VERGIL It never troubles the wolf how many the sheep may be.
VERGIL They can conquer who believe they can.
VERGIL They are able because they think they are able.
VERGIL Curst greed of gold, what crimes thy tyrant power has caused.
VERGIL May the countryside and the gliding valley streams content me. Lost to fame, let me love river and w...
VIRGIL PUBLIUS VERGILIUS MARO The world cares very little about what a man or woman knows; it is what a man or woman is able to do...
VIRGIL All our sweetest hours fly fastest.
VIRGIL Love conquers all.
VIRGIL I fear the Greeks, even when they bring gifts.
VIRGIL Confidence cannot find a place wherein to rest in safety.
VIRGIL They succeed, because they think they can.
VIRGIL Hug the shore; let others try the deep.
VIRGIL Perhaps the day may come when we shall remember these sufferings with joy.
VIRGIL There's a snake lurking in the grass.
VIRGIL He like a rock in the sea unshaken stands his ground.
VIRGIL Time is flying never to return.
VIRGIL It is easy to go down into Hell; night and day, the gates of dark Death stand wide; but to climb bac...
VIRGIL Time flies never to be recalled.
VIRGIL Time passes irrevocably.
VIRGIL But meanwhile time flies; it flies never to be regained.
VIRGIL Every calamity is to be overcome by endurance.
VIRGIL Love conquers all; let us surrender to Love.
VIRGIL Nunc scio quit sit amor.
VIRGIL I saw these terrible things,and took great part in them.
VIRGIL It manus in gyrum; paullatim singula viresDeperdunt proprias; color est E pluribus unus. Spins round...
VIRGIL I have lived, and I have run the course which fortune allotted me; and now my shade shall descend il...
VIRGIL Death twitches my ear. Live, he says, I am coming.
VIRGIL Perhaps even these things, one day, will be pleasing to remember. - Aenid.
VIRGIL Oh you who are born of the blood of the gods, Trojan son of Anchises, easy is the descent to Hell; t...
VIRGIL Do not trust the horse, Trojans! Whatever it is, I fear the Greeks, even though they bring gifts. ...
VIRGIL They attack the one man with their hate and their shower of weapons. But he is like some rock which ...
VIRGIL The wavering multitude is divided into opposite factions.
VIRGIL Nunc scio quit sit amor." Lat., "Now I know what love is.
VIRGIL Yield not to calamity, but face her boldly.
VIRGIL What region of the earth is not full of our calamities?
VIRGIL Mind moves matter.
VIRGIL Enter on the way of training while the spirits in youth are still pliable.
VIRGIL A fickle and changeful thing is a woman ever.
VIRGIL Time bears away all things, even the mind.
VIRGIL Go on and increase in valor for this is the path to immortality.
VIRGIL Evil is nourished and grows by concealment.
VIRGIL Each person, makes their own terrible passion their God.
VIRGIL Impotent fury rages powerless and to no purpose.
VIRGIL You have endured worse things; God will grant an end even to these.
VIRGIL Trust not the horse, O Trojans. Be it what it may, I fear the Grecians even when they offer gifts.
VIRGIL They attack the one man with their hate and their shower of weapons. But he is like some rock which ...
VIRGIL Thus all things are doomed to change for the worse and retrograde.
VIRGIL Trust not too much to an enchanting face.
VIRGIL Fear is proof of a degenerate mind.
VIRGIL Fear is proof of a low born soul.
VIRGIL Each man has his appointed day: short and irreparable in the brief life of all, but to extend our fa...
VIRGIL Fame hides her head among the clouds.
VIRGIL Roman, remember that you shall rule the nations by your authority, for this is to be your skill, to ...
VIRGIL Death twitches my ear;
'Live,' he says...
'I'm coming.
VIRGIL Perhaps one day this too will be pleasant to remember.
VIRGIL Perhaps even these things, one day, will be pleasing to remember.
VIRGIL The Britons are quite separated from all the world.
VIRGIL Your descendants shall gather your fruits.
VIRGIL Trust not to much to appearances.
VIRGIL They are able because they think they are able.
VIRGIL From a single crime know the nation.
VIRGIL Do not trust the horse, Trojans! Whatever it is, I fear the Greeks, even though they bring gifts.
VIRGIL Oh you who are born of the blood of the gods, Trojan son of Anchises, easy is the descent to Hell; t...
VIRGIL I too must attempt a way by which I can raise myself above the ground, and soar triumphant through t...
VIRGIL The gates of Hell are open night and day; smooth the descent, and easy is the way: but, to return, a...
VIRGIL Press no further with hate.
VIRGIL As a twig is bent the tree inclines.
VIRGIL Hope on, and save yourself for prosperous times.
VIRGIL Rumor grows as it goes.
VIRGIL Our fate, whatever it is to be, will be overcome by patience under it.
VIRGIL Wherever the fates lead us let us follow.
VIRGIL Who asks whether the enemy were defeated by strategy or valor?
VIRGIL Curst greed of gold, what crimes thy tyrant power has caused.
VIRGIL Do not yield to misfortunes, but advance more boldly to meet them, as your fortune permits you.
VIRGIL Harsh necessity, and the newness of my kingdom, force me to do such things and to guard my frontiers...
VIRGIL Happy the man who has been able to know the reasons for things.
VIRGIL Each of us bears his own Hell
VIRGIL Myself acquainted with misfortune, I learn to help the unfortunate.
VIRGIL O accursed hunger of gold, to what dost thou not compel human hearts!
VIRGIL Come what may, all bad fortune is to be conquered by endurance.
VIRGIL Fortune sides with him who dares.
VIRGIL It never troubles the wolf how many the sheep may be.
VIRGIL Fortune favours the bold.
VIRGIL Love begets love, love knows no rules, this is same for all.
VIRGIL Better times perhaps await us who are now wretched.
VIRGIL Trust not too much to appearances.
VIRGIL As the twig is bent the tree inclines.
VIRGIL Endure the present, and watch for better things.
VIRGIL Rumor, than which no evil flies more swiftly. She flourishes as she flies, gains strength by mere mo...
VIRGIL Let not our proposal be disregarded on the score of our youth.
VIRGIL All things deteriorate in time.
VIRGIL The descent to the infernal regions is easy enough, but to retrace one's steps, and reach the ai...
VIRGIL Trust one who has gone through it.
VIRGIL Do not commit your poems to pages alone, sing them I pray you.
VIRGIL Fortune favors the bold.
VIRGIL They can because they think they can.
VIRGIL Trust one who has tried.
VIRGIL Such is the love of praise, so great the anxiety for victory.
VIRGIL The wavering multitude is divided into opposite factions.
VIRGIL Love conquers all things; let us too surrender to Love.
VIRGIL Let us go singing as far as we go: the road will be less tedious.
VIRGIL A snake lurks in the grass.
VIRGIL Yield not to evils, but attack all the more boldly.
VIRGIL Whatever it is, I fear Greeks even when they bring gifts.
VIRGIL Romans, never forget that government is your medium! Be this your art:-to practice men in habit of p...
VIRGIL It is easy to go down into Hell; night and day, the gates of dark Death stand wide; but to climb bac...
VIRGIL I have known sorrow and learned to aid the wretched.
VIRGIL Fortune favors the brave.
VIRGIL Each of us bears his own Hell.
VIRGIL Death's brother, Sleep.
VIRGIL Believe one who has proved it. Believe an expert.
VIRGIL They can do all because they think they can.
VIRGIL They can conquer who believe they can.
VIRGIL Practice and thought might gradually forge many an art.
VIRGIL O tyrant love, to what do you not drive the hearts of men.
VIRGIL Look with favour upon a bold beginning.
VIRGIL In quarrels such as these not ours to intervene.
VIRGIL Even virtue is fairer when it appears in a beautiful person.
VIRGIL Your profession is not what brings home your paycheck. Your profession is what you were put on earth...
VIRGIL A fault is fostered by concealment.
VIRGIL The rude rabble are enraged; now firebrands and stones fly.
VIRGIL Perhaps the remembrance of these things will prove a source of future pleasure.
VIRGIL Of such importance is early training.
VIRGIL None but himself can be his parallel.
VIRGIL The descent to Avernus is easy
VIRGIL Fortune sides with him who dares
VIRGIL Passion and shame torment him, and rage is mingled with his grief.
VIRGIL Fury itself supplies arms.
VIRGIL When I saw her I as undone.
VIRGIL If I can not influence the gods, I shall move all hell.
VIRGIL We may be masters of our every lot: By bearing it
VIRGIL Nimium ne crede colori
VIRGIL There are twin Gates of Sleep. One, they say, is called the Gate of Horn and it offers easy passage ...
VIRGIL Happy is the man who has learned the causes of things.
VIRGIL Want of pluck shows want of blood.
VIRGIL The goddess was discovered by her gait.
VIRGIL Time speeds away irretrievably
VIRGIL Every sound alarms.
VIRGIL A feeble dart short of its mark.
VIRGIL A snake lurks in the grass. - Eclogues
VIRGIL His resolution is unshaken; tears, though shed, avail not.
VIRGIL He follows his father with unequal steps.
VIRGIL I shudder when relating it.
VIRGIL He enters the port with a full sail.
VIRGIL A mighty pomp, but made of little things
VIRGIL The descent to the infernal regions is easy enough, but to retrace one's steps, and reach the air ab...
VIRGIL Go forth a conqueror and win great victories.
VIRGIL It never troubles the wolf how many the sheep may be
VIRGIL I fear the Greeks even when they bring gifts
VIRGIL Love conquers all things; let us too surrender to Love
VIRGIL It is easy to go down into Hell; night and day, the gates of dark Death stand wide; but to climb bac...
VIRGIL To have died once is enough.
VIRGIL They are able because they think they are able
VIRGIL She acquires momentum as she advances.
VIRGIL Fortune favours the bold
VIRGIL Time is flying, never to return
VIRGIL She nourishes the poison in her veins and is consumed by a secret fire.
VIRGIL To spare the vanquished, and subdue the proud.
VIRGIL There should be no strife with the vanquished or the dead.
VIRGIL I see the same drive in her as in Britney,
VIRGIL Endure, and preserve yourself for better things
VIRGIL No other evil we know is faster than Rumor, thriving on speed and becoming stronger by running. Smal...
VIRGIL Audaces fortuna iuvat (latin)- Fortune favors the bold.
VIRGIL You ought to be able to state your plan in a few succinct sentences,
VIRGIL And there stalks Discord delighted with her torn mantle.
VIRGIL In vain have you tried your father's arts, you slippery one.
VIRGIL To whisper insidious accusations in the ear of the mob.
VIRGIL Whatever it be, every fortune is to be overcome by bearing it
VIRGIL Can heavenly breasts such stormy passions feel?
VIRGIL He follows his father, but with shorter strides.
VIRGIL Amor vincit omnia, et nos cedamus amori.
Love conquers all things, so we too shall yield to lov...
VIRGIL