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

— Virgil, Aeneid, Book II (translation)

About Virgil

70 BC – 19 BC

Roman poet, author of the "Aeneid".

“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 us go singing as far as we go: the road will be less tedious.”

“The fundamental defect of fathers is that they want their children to be a credit to them.”

“Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself.”

“Motherhood in the true sense should embrace all children.”

“Being a good mother means teaching your children to care for the world.”

“Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children.”

“The bearing and the training of a child is woman's wisdom.”