Publio Virgilio Marone: Frasi in inglese (pagina 2)

“Every man's last day is fixed.
Lifetimes are brief and not to be regained,
For all mankind. But by their deeds to make
Their fame last: that is labor for the brave.”
Stat sua cuique dies, breve et inreparabile tempus Omnibus est vitae; sed famam extendere factis, Hoc virtutis opus.

“Obscure they went through dreary shades, that led
Along the waste dominions of the dead.”
Ibant obscuri sola sub nocte per umbram, Perque domos Ditis vacuas et inania regna.

“Trust the expert.”

“How lucky, if they know their happiness,
Are farmers, more than lucky, they for whom,
Far from the clash of arms, the earth herself,
Most fair in dealing, freely lavishes
An easy livelihood.”
O fortunatos nimium, sua si bona norint Agricolas, quibus ipsa, procul discordibus armis, Fundit humo facilem victum justissima tellus!

“By the aid of art.”

“I am the poet who once tuned his song
On a slender reed and then leaving the woods
Compelled the fields to obey the hungry farmer,
A pleasing work. But now War's grim and savage …”
Ille ego, qui quondam gracili modulatus avena Carmen, et egressus silvis vicina coegi Ut quamvis avido parerent arva colono, Gratum opus agricolis, at nunc horrentia Martis<!-- Arma virumque cano--> ...

“Vice thrives and lives by concealment.”
Alitur vitium, vivitque tegendo.

“Many colors blend into one.”
Color est e pluribus unus.

“Can such resentment hold the minds of gods?”
Tantaene animis caelestibus irae?

“The great line of the centuries begins anew.”
Magnus ab integro saeclorum nascitur ordo.

“Rage supplies arms.”

“Ye realms, yet unrevealed to human sight,
Ye gods who rule the regions of the night,
Ye gliding ghosts, permit me to relate
The mystic wonders of your silent state!”
Di, quibus imperium est animarum, umbraeque silentes, Et Chaos, et Phlegethon, loca nocte tacentia late, Sit mihi fas audita loqui: sit numine vestro Pandere res alta terra et caligine mersas.

“An ornament and a safeguard.”
Decus et tutamen.

“The only hope for the doomed is no hope at all.”
Una salus victis nullam sperare salutem.

“I feel once more the scars of the old flame.”
Agnosco veteris vestigia flammae.

“Every misfortune is to be subdued by patience.”
Superanda omnis fortuna ferendo est.

“Everyone is dragged on by their favorite pleasure.”
Trahit sua quemque voluptas.

“And with a groan for that indignity
His spirit fled into the gloom below.”
Vitaque cum gemitu fugit indignata sub umbras.

“There is no salvation in war.”