“Happy the man, who, studying nature's laws, Thro' known effects can trace the secret cause.”

— Virgil, Georgics, Book II, line 490 (tr. John Dryden)

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.”

“For God made all mankind to be happy, to be serene.”

“Love the little trade which thou hast learned, and be content therewith.”

“Why does this magnificent applied science which saves work and makes life easier bring us so little happiness?”

“A happy man is too satisfied with the present to dwell too much on the future.”

“What is happiness? The feeling that power increases—that a resistance is overcome.”

“Only it takes time to be happy. A lot of time. Happiness, too, is a long patience.”