The Aeneid

“Fortune and fortitude.”

— Virgil, amazon.com

“Prove your will with works.”

— Virgil, amazon.com

“Never bow to suffering, go and face it.”

— Virgil, amazon.com

“Schooled in suffering, now I learned to comfort those who suffer too.”

— Virgil, amazon.com

“Let me carry this hope of you and all the bolder I go to face the worst.”

— Virgil, amazon.com

“Call up your courage again. Dismiss your grief or fear. A joy it will be one day, perhaps, to remember even this. Through so many hard strains, so many twists and turns our course holds firm...”

— Virgil, amazon.com

“Live on in your blessings. Your destiny's been won. But ours calls us on from one order to the next.”

— Virgil, amazon.com

“Carry on and preserve yourself for greater times.”

— Virgil, amazon.com

“Why waste time with talk when the wind is rising?”

— Virgil, amazon.com

“You're up against superhuman power, can't you see? The will of God is against you. Bow to God!”

— Virgil, amazon.com

“For long I’ve watched you trying to fight against it, all for nothing. Shorten sail, change course.”

— Aeneas, amazon.com

“Call it cunning or courage; who would ask in war?”

— Virgil, amazon.com

“Her words were ended. But Aeneas, warned by Jove, held still his eyes; he struggled, pressed care back within his breast. With halting words he answers her at last: “I never shall deny what you deserve, the kindnesses that you could tell; I never shall regret remembering Elissa for as long as I reme…”

— Virgil

“The queen stopped but he, warned by Jupiter now, his gaze held steady, fought to master the torment in his heart. At last he ventured a few words: “I… you have done me so many kindnesses, and you could count them all. I shall never deny what you deserve, my queen, never regret my memories of Dido, n…”

— Virgil