The best quotes from Virgil’s Aeneid

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Certainly! Virgil’s “Aeneid” is a Latin epic poem written between 29 and 19 BC that tells the story of Aeneas, a Trojan hero and the ancestor of the Romans. Here are some of the most famous quotes from “Aeneid”:

1.  “Forsan et haec olim meminisse juvabit.”
•   Translation: “Perhaps someday we will look back on these things with joy.”
2.  “Flectere si nequeo superos, Acheronta movebo.”
•   Translation: “If I cannot move heaven, I will raise hell.”
3.  “Audentes fortuna iuvat.”
•   Translation: “Fortune favors the bold.”
4.  “Sunt lacrimae rerum et mentem mortalia tangunt.”
•   Translation: “There are tears for things and mortal things touch the mind.”
5.  “Amor vincit omnia, et nos cedamus amori.”
•   Translation: “Love conquers all, let us too yield to love.”
6.  “Tu ne cede malis, sed contra audentior ito.”
•   Translation: “Do not yield to misfortunes, but advance more boldly against them.”
7.  “Facilis descensus Averno.”
•   Translation: “The descent to hell is easy.”
8.  “Tantaene animis caelestibus irae?”
•   Translation: “Can heavenly minds harbor such resentment?”
9.  “Mors sola fatetur quantula sint hominum corpuscula.”
•   Translation: “Only death reveals how small are men’s frail bodies.”
10. “Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes.”

•   Translation: “I fear the Greeks, even when they bring gifts.”

These quotes encapsulate many of the central themes of the epic, such as fate, heroism, love, and the interplay of gods and mortals.