“Love conquers all. Let Love then smile at our defeat.”
Omnia vincit Amor; et nos cedamus Amori.
The Eclogues
Eclogues (37 BC)
Variant: Love conquers all; let us, too, yield to Love!
Quotes from bookEclogues
VirgilOriginal title Eclogae (Latin)
The Eclogues , also called the Bucolics, is the first of the three major works of the Latin poet Virgil.
“Every field, every tree is now budding; now the woods are green, now the year is at its loveliest.”
Nunc omnis ager, nunc omnis parturit arbor;
Nunc frondent sylvae, nunc formosissimus annus.
Nunc omnis ager, nunc omnis parturit arbor;
Nunc frondent sylvae, nunc formosissimus annus.
Book III, lines 56–57 (tr. Fairclough)
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“The great line of the centuries begins anew.”
Magnus ab integro saeclorum nascitur ordo.
Book IV, line 5 (tr. Fairclough)
Compare: Novus ordo seclorum ("New order of the ages"), motto on the reverse side of the Great Seal of the United States.
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“Everyone is dragged on by their favorite pleasure.”
Trahit sua quemque voluptas.
Book II, line 65
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“Now I know what Love is.”
Nunc scio quid sit Amor.
Book VIII, line 43 (tr. R. C. Trevelyan)
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“Your descendants shall gather your fruits.”
Carpent tua poma nepotes.
Book IX, line 50
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“To compare great things with small.”
Parvis componere magna.
Book I, line 23 (tr. H. Rushton Fairclough)
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“Trust not too much to that enchanting face;
Beauty's a charm, but soon the charm will pass.”
O formose puer, nimium ne crede colori.
Book II, line 17 (tr. John Dryden)
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“We cannot all do everything.”
Non omnia possumus omnes.
Book VIII, line 63 (tr. Fairclough)
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“Time bears away all things, even our minds.”
Omnia fert aetas, animum quoque.
Book IX, line 51
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“Let us go singing as far as we go: the road will be less tedious.”
Cantantes licet usque (minus via laedit) eamus.
Book IX, line 64
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“Begin, baby boy, to recognize your mother with a smile.”
Incipe, parve puer, risu cognoscere matrem.
Book IV, line 60 (tr. Fairclough)
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(la) Latet anguis in herba.
Book III, line 93
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