“Who knows? Better times may come to those in pain.”

— Virgil, Aeneid, Book XII, line 153 (tr. Robert Fagles)

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.”

“The superior man thinks of virtue; the small man thinks of comfort.”

“He who knows how to suffer everything can dare everything.”

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

“Let us forget and forgive injuries.”

“The time for the healing of the wounds has come.”

“Pass by us, and forgive us our happiness.”