Fortune sides with him who dares
Virgil
It never troubles the wolf how many the sheep may be.
trouble troubles wolf sheep
As the twig is bent the tree inclines.
tree
Latet anguis in herba. (There's a snake hidden in the grass)
hidden grass
Lat., Now I know what love is.
love
Perhaps even these things, one day, will be pleasing to remember.
remember day things
Oh you who are born of the blood of the gods, Trojan son of Anchises, easy is the descent to Hell the door of dark Dis stands open day and night. But to retrace your steps and come out to the air above, that is work, that is labor
door labor work dark night day gods blood hell son air open born easy
Nunc scio quit sit amor.
amor
Age steals away all things, even the mind
age mind things
Curst greed of gold, what crimes thy tyrant power has caused
crime power greed tyranny gold
Fear is proof of a degenerate mind.
proof mind fear
Fear is proof of a low born soul.
proof soul fear born
fortune
Whatever it be, every fortune is to be overcome by bearing it
fortune overcome
I fear the Greeks even when they bring gifts
gifts fear
They attack the one man with their hate and their shower of weapons. But he is like some rock which stretches into the vast sea and which, exposed to the fury of the winds and beaten against by the waves, endures all the violence.
man men hate violence weapons sea rock fury
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