Occupation: Poet Birth: October 15, 70 Bc Death: September 21, 19 Bc
Myself acquainted with misfortune, I learn to help the unfortunate..
The medicine increases the disease..
What each man feared would happen to himself, did not trouble him when he saw that it would ruin another..
Love conquers all things..
Love begets love, love knows no rules, this is same for all..
Evil is nourished and grows by concealment..
Oh you who are born of the gods, easy is the descent into Hell. The door of darkness stands open day and night. But to retrace your steps, and come b….
Fortune sides with he who dares.
Let us go singing as far as we go: the road will be less tedious..
Fear is the proof of a degenerate mind..
Yield thou not to adversity, but press on the more bravely..
No day shall erase you from the memory of time.
The hour is ripe, and yonder lies the way..
I feel again a spark of that ancient flame..
Come what may, all bad fortune is to be conquered by endurance..
Happy the man who has been able to learn the causes of things..
Easy is the descent to hell; all night long, all day, the doors of dark Hades stand open; but to retrace the path; to come out again to the sweet air….
If I cannot move heaven, I will raise hell..
They can do all because they think they can..
The greatest health is wealth..
Maybe one day we shall be glad to remember even these hardships..