“Some day, perhaps, remembering even this will be a pleasure.”

— Virgil, Aeneid, Book I, line 203 (tr. Robert Fitzgerald)

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.”

“Eating and reading are two pleasures that combine admirably.”

“Isn't it a pleasure to study and practice what you have learned?”

“The wise find pleasure in water; the virtuous find pleasure in hills.”

“That man is the richest whose pleasures are the cheapest.”

“Therefore the wise man is always happy.”

“No one can be happy without virtue.”