Virgil Aeneid Book 2 Quotes & Sayings

If all history is only an amplification of biography, the history of science may be most instructively read in the life and work of the men by whom the realms of Nature have been successively won. — Archibald Geikie

I have a record I love, 'Limbo,' which is very catchy. — Daddy Yankee

In a way, that's also a recognition that Dante needs Virgil and that the Inferno needs the Aeneid and that the epic needs a model and that for Dante to write this great poem he needs someone to come before him and he turns to Virgil's text, especially book six where Aeneas goes down into the underworld. And for me, that's a model of the poet's relationship to previous poetry, to another poetry as calling out for guidance. — Edward Hirsch

Hell, I didn't do relationships. Period. Though there was something about her that made me want to tell the old me to fuck off. "I — Lora Ann

Before long the formed into a circle, and neither of them could imagine being a straight line again, caught in the loneliness of blunt severed ends. — Rita Leganski

He's a Stone Dead gang member. He'll be hanging with the other Deads, and the Deads own the fifth block of Stark. Their color is purple. Their name is significant. These losers are dead inside. They've grown up with so much violence it's normal to them. They're like zombies. They feel no remorse. You do not want to go up against one of them. If you find this guy I want you to call me, and I'll send out the SWAT team.. — Janet Evanovich

Self-parody is the first portent of age. — Larry McMurtry

Love makes the whole difference between an execution and a martyrdom. — Evelyn Underhill

One proton of faith, three electrons of humility, a neutron of compassion and a bond of honesty," Robert said, winking at his daughter. "What's that?" Cora frowned, confused. Maggie laughed. "That, according to your father, is the molecular structure of love. — Menna Van Praag

Forgive us, my lord, for you have us at a disadvantage. My sister is frankly deplorable at conducting courtly conversation. The only thing worse than her ability to make appropriate small talk with royalty is her attempt to let a man lead her on the dance floor. Your timely interruption has saved me from the chore of attending dance lessons with her. My feet thank you. — C.J. Redwine

An enemy generally says and believes what he wishes. — Thomas Jefferson

A man saw a ball of gold in the sky;
He climbed for it,
And eventually he achieved it
It was clay.
Now this is the strange part:
When the man went to the earth
And looked again,
Lo, there was the ball of gold.
Now this is the strange part:
It was a ball of gold.
Aye, by the heavens, it was a ball of gold. — Stephen Crane

War vies with magic in its efforts to get something for nothing. — Lewis Mumford

Well may our God be glorious in the eyes of His people, seeing that He has wrought such wonders for them, in them, and by them. — Charles Haddon Spurgeon