" Fortune favors the brave. "

Virgil, Aeneid Roman epic poet (70 BC – 19 BC)

" Practice and thought might gradually forge many an art. "

Virgil Roman epic poet (70 BC – 19 BC)

" Let us go singing as far as we go: the road will be less tedious. "

Virgil, Eclogues Roman epic poet (70 BC – 19 BC)

" Believe one who has proved it. Believe an expert. "

Virgil, Aeneid Roman epic poet (70 BC – 19 BC)

" Each of us bears his own Hell. "

Virgil, Aeneid Roman epic poet (70 BC – 19 BC)

" I have known sorrow and learned to aid the wretched. "

Virgil, Aeneid Roman epic poet (70 BC – 19 BC)

" A snake lurks in the grass. "

Virgil, Eclogues Roman epic poet (70 BC – 19 BC)

" They can do all because they think they can. "

Virgil Roman epic poet (70 BC – 19 BC)

" As a twig is bent the tree inclines. "

Virgil Roman epic poet (70 BC – 19 BC)

" Do not commit your poems to pages alone, sing them I pray you. "

Virgil Roman epic poet (70 BC – 19 BC)

" Happy is he who gets to know the reasons for things. "

Virgil Roman epic poet (70 BC – 19 BC)

" Look with favour upon a bold beginning. "

Virgil Roman epic poet (70 BC – 19 BC)

" Love conquers all things; let us too surrender to Love. "

Virgil, Eclogues Roman epic poet (70 BC – 19 BC)

" They can because they think they can. "

Virgil Roman epic poet (70 BC – 19 BC)

" They can conquer who believe they can. "

Virgil Roman epic poet (70 BC – 19 BC)

" They are able because they think they are able. "

Virgil Roman epic poet (70 BC – 19 BC)

" The way to write American music is simple. All you have to do is be an American and then write any kind of music you wish. "

Virgil Thompson

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