“Toil conquered the world, unrelenting toil, and want that pinches when life is hard.”

— Virgil, Georgics, Book I, lines 145-146 (tr. H. Rushton Fairclough)

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.”

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

“The happiness of men consists in life. And life is in labor.”

“Love is a great force in private life; it is indeed the greatest of all things; but love in public affairs does not work.”

“Life grants nothing to us mortals without hard work.”

“Work without Hope draws nectar in a sieve, And Hope without an object cannot live.”

“Keep your heart with all diligence, For out of it is the wellspring of life.”