“Look with favor upon a bold beginning.”

— Virgil, Georgics, Book I, line 40

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.”

“He who has begun has half done. Dare to be wise; begin!”

“A whole is that which has beginning, middle, and end.”

“Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation.”

“Sure I am of this, that you have only to endure to conquer.”

“All becoming and growing—all that guarantees a future—involves pain.”

“There is always a philosophy for lack of courage.”