“The result is an allusive and partly symbolic kind of language able to communicate not merely single happenings but the universal truth behind them...These greater poets also reach back across time, and represent a view of the world which belongs not to one man or one generation of men but to the men of many succeeding generations or even a whole civilisation.
(In his introduction to Virgil's Aenied)”
― The Aeneid
(In his introduction to Virgil's Aenied)”
― The Aeneid
“Per aspera ad astra.” “Through the thorns to the stars.” Sevro snickers. “You fancy little fart. Omnis vir lupus.” Everyone a wolf.”
― Golden Son
― Golden Son
“To each man shall his own free actions bring both his suffering and his good fortune. Jupiter is impartially king over all alike. The Fates will find the way.”
― The Aeneid
― The Aeneid
“Live, and prosper, for all your adventures are past. We are called onwards from destiny to destiny. For you, your rest is won.”
― The Aeneid
― The Aeneid
“Woe! We are shipwrecked by fate, we are driven before the storm! (Latinus)”
― The Aeneid
― The Aeneid
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