361 Quotes by Virgil

Frantic in my fury I had no time for decisions; I only remembered that death in battle is glorious.

We have hearts valiant in war, we have spirit, and a manhood which has proved itself by deed.

His heart beat high for war and he blazed with an implacable fire which needed no kindling.

The last day has come for our Dardan land. This is the hour which no effort of ours can alter. We Trojans are no more: no more is Ilium;no more the splendour of Teucrian glory. All now belongs to Argos; it is Jupiter's remorseless will.

Macte virtute, sic itur ad astra.("excellence is the way to the stars" - IX.641)

Some of us looked in awed wonder at that massive horse, the gift for Minerva, the never-wed, which was to be our destruction.

We, poor fools, spent this our last day decorating with festal greenery every temple in our town.

A festive din now rose and echoed through the palace halls. Lighted lamps hung from the coffered ceiling rich with gold leaf, and torches with high flames prevailed over the night.

No day shall erase you from the memory of time