“But meanwhile it is flying, irretrievable time is flying.”

— Virgil, Georgics, Book III, line 284

About Virgil

70 BC – 19 BC

Roman poet, author of the "Aeneid".

“He follows his father, but not with equal steps.”

“Love conquers all; let us, too, yield to Love!”

“Every field, every tree is now budding; now the woods are green, now the year is at its loveliest.”

“Let whatever appears to be the best be to you an inviolable law.”

“Lord, what fools these mortals be!”

“All that glisters is not gold.”

“Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.”

“And one man in his time plays many parts.”

“Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice.”