Inspirational Quotes on Aeneid

“ - If I cannot move heaven, I will raise hell.”

“...She nourishes the poison in her veins and is consumed by a secret fire.”

“Facilis descensus Averno: Noctes atque dies patet atri ianua Ditis; Sed revocare gradium superasque evadere ad auras, Hoc opus, hic labor est. (The gates of Hell are open night and day; Smooth the descent, and easy is the way: But to return, and view the cheerful skies, In this task and mighty labor lies.)”

“Death's brother, sleep.”

“..and why the winter suns so rush to bathe themselves in the sea and what slows down the nights to a long lingering crawl...”

“Then answered her son, who turns the stars in the sky: 'What way art thou bending fate, Mother? What dost thou ask For these thy ships? May vessels built by the hands Of mortal men claim an immortal right? Is Aeneas to pass, sure of the outcome, through dangers When nothing is sure? To what god is such power allowed?”